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Bima Sapkota; Amanda Huffman Hayes – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Mathematics teacher educators have suggested preservice mathematics teachers' (PMTs') practices provide evidence of their mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT). PMTs engage in approximations of practice to rehearse teaching. To explore connections between MKT and PMTs' practices, we operationalized six MKT subdomains in terms of approximations…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Nixon, Ryan S.; Toerien, Rene; Luft, Julie A. – School Science and Mathematics, 2019
Despite agreement among teacher educators, scholars, and policymakers on the importance of teachers' subject matter knowledge (SMK), existing models provide limited information about the nature of this foundational component of teacher knowledge. The common assumption is that teachers need to know more about the science subject matter than their…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Secondary School Teachers
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Bartos, Stephen A.; Lederman, Norman G.; Lederman, Judith S. – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
Research has indicated that experts' subject matter knowledge structures (SMKSs) differ from those of novices in that they contain more cross-linking, interconnections, and overarching thematic elements, characteristics that are in accordance with those espoused in current reform documents. Unfortunately, teachers' SMKSs are not…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers, Physics, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Lewis, Elizabeth; Dema, Oxana; Harshbarger, Dena – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
Despite historical national efforts to improve elementary science education, science instruction continues to be marginalized, varying by state. This study was designed to address the ongoing challenge of educating elementary preservice teachers (PSTs) to teach science. Elementary PSTs are one of the science education community's major links…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Classroom Communication
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Eli, Jennifer A.; Mohr-Schroeder, Margaret J.; Lee, Carl W. – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
Effective competition in a rapidly growing global economy places demands on a society to produce individuals capable of higher-order critical thinking, creative problem solving, connection making, and innovation. We must look to our teacher education programs to help prospective middle grades teachers build the mathematical habits of mind that…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S.; Westenskow, Arla – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
Intense focus on student achievement results in mathematics and science has brought about claims that K-12 teachers should be better prepared to teach basic concepts in these disciplines. The focus on teachers' mathematics and science content knowledge has been met by efforts to increase teacher knowledge through funded national initiatives…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Teachers
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Goodson-Espy, Tracy; Cifarelli, Victor V.; Pugalee, David; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Morge, Shelby; Salinas, Tracie – School Science and Mathematics, 2014
This study explored how mathematics content and methods courses for preservice elementary and middle school teachers could be improved through the integration of a set of instructional materials based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). A set of eight instructional modules was developed and tested. The study involved 7…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Course Content, Mathematics Education, Program Improvement
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Evans, Brian R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
The purpose of this study was to understand the mathematical content knowledge new teachers have both before and after taking a mathematics methods course in the NYCTF program. Further, the purpose was to understand the attitudes toward mathematics and concepts of self-efficacy that Teaching Fellows had over the course of the semester. The sample…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Methods Courses, Mathematics Education, Self Efficacy
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McGee, Jennifer R.; Wang, Chuang; Drew, Polly – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
Reforms in mathematics education call for K-12 teachers to employ standards-based pedagogies, which embody the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics' principles and standards. In order to effectively support teachers' implementation of standards-based curricula, professional development must be provided that meets teachers' needs. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development
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Buss, Ray R. – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The study was conducted to examine preservice, elementary teachers' efficacy for teaching science and mathematics as compared with other elementary content. The instrument assessed efficacy for teaching (EFT) five elementary content areas: science, mathematics, reading, classroom management, and general instruction. Three hundred twenty-five…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Self Concept Measures
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Fast, Gerald R.; Hankes, Judith E. – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The purpose of the research was to improve the effectiveness of instruction in constructivist pedagogy in a college elementary mathematics education course through intentional integration of instruction in mathematics content. Instructors of this course previously used examples involving mathematics content on an ad hoc basis in an attempt to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Courses, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods
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Saderholm, Jon; Ronau, Robert; Brown, E. Todd; Collins, Gary – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
The Diagnostic Teacher Assessment in Mathematics and Science (DTAMS) was developed to measure the content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of middle-school teachers. Its reliability and validity were initially established by reviewing national standards for content and use of expert question writing teams and reviewers. DTAMS was…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Mathematics Achievement, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Item Response Theory
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Piccolo, Diana – School Science and Mathematics, 2008
Multiple views have been presented on how mathematical content knowledge should be taught in order to ensure quality instruction in the classroom. However, the ability to teach mathematics content is influenced by general pedagogy, pedagogical content knowledge and mathematical content knowledge. Nevertheless, all pedagogical competencies and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Choi, Sanghee; Ramsey, John – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
This study examines inservice elementary school teachers' beliefs, attitudes, and practical knowledge toward inquiry-based science instruction and the influence of an inquiry-based elementary science course on teachers' beliefs, attitudes, and practical knowledge regarding inquiry. Both surveys and a case study were administered to the 14…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Marbach-Ad, Gili; McGinnis, J. Randy – School Science and Mathematics, 2009
In this study we report the results of survey research that collected responses of an identical sample (31 beginning mathematics and science teachers, elementary and middle school level) that graduated from a reform-based mathematics and science teacher preparation program, the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP). Our aim was to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys
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