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Maher, Nicole; Muir, Tracey – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2013
This paper reports on an investigation into pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge and their ability to interpret students' responses to a multi-digit multiplication task and make subsequent appropriate teaching decisions. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, the researchers tested aspects of the mathematical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Livy, Sharyn; Muir, Tracey; Maher, Nicole – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2012
This paper reports on the results of three different investigations into pre-service teachers' understanding of the mathematical concepts of area and perimeter. Different test instruments were used with three cohorts from two universities in order to identify pre-service teachers' understandings and common misconceptions. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Knowledge Level