NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Content Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy in the Mathematics New York City Teaching Fellows (NYCTF) Program
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Changes in Teaching Efficacy during a Professional Development School-Based Science Methods Course
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Swars, Susan L.; Dooley, Caitlin McMunn – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
This mixed methods study offers a theoretically grounded description of a field-based science methods course within a Professional Development School (PDS) model (i.e., PDS-based course). The preservice teachers' (n = 21) experiences within the PDS-based course prompted significant changes in their personal teaching efficacy, with the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Professional Development Schools, Field Experience Programs
Research into Practice: The Use of a Student Teaching Study to Develop and Improve Mathematics Methods Courses for Preservice Teachers.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Joyner, Virginia Green – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The results of questionnaires given designed to provide information on the effect of student teaching on the attitudes and career interests of secondary mathematics preservice teachers are presented. The recommendations/suggestions obtained from the questionnaires concerning the secondary mathematics and middle school methods courses and a copy of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Methods Courses