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Heffernan, Kayla A.; Newton, Kristie J. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
Early childhood and elementary preservice teachers often fear mathematics, find it irrelevant, have mathematics anxiety, hold negative self-perceptions, and have low mathematics achievement. This study investigates the influence of an identity exploration intervention on preservice teachers' mathematics identities during a college Algebra course…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Jones, Ithel; Lake, Vickie E.; Dagli, Ummuhan – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
The study examined the integration of science and mathematics methods courses and preservice teachers' understanding of constructivism. The participants were 50 preservice teachers who were enrolled in early childhood education mathematics and science methods courses, and an early childhood practicum. The two methods courses were integrated and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Early Childhood Education
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Hooks, Laura; Duarte, Valerie – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
The purpose of the study was to examine the engagement of preservice teachers in the kind of authentic experiences that provided the modeling needed to make high-quality instruction in mathematics a reality for young children. Inasmuch as these preservice teachers had not yet received any formal methods classes in mathematics, the authors…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Young Children