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Developing Preservice Teachers: A Self-Study of Instructor Scaffolding
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Kindle, Karen J.; Schmidt, Cynthia M. – Reading Improvement, 2019
In this collaborative self-study, two teacher educators examined transcripts of preservice teachers' inquiry groups focused on assessment and tutoring of struggling readers as part of a reading methods course. The analysis identified instances of scaffolding by the course instructor that influenced preservice teachers' development. Types of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Transcripts (Written Records), Methods Courses
Analyzing Preservice Mathematics Teachers' Professional Noticing
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Amador, Julie M.; Carter, Ingrid; Hudson, Rick A. – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
Recent research in mathematics education has highlighted the importance of teachers' abilities to professionally notice students' thinking. This study examined what preservice teachers professionally notice during lesson study to further describe their attention to students' mathematical thinking, their interpretations about students' reasoning,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Thinking Skills
A Student Teacher's Choice and Use of Examples in Teaching Probability
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Ünver, Semiha Kula; Güzel, Esra Bukova; Dede, Ayse Tekin; Hidiroglu, Çaglar Naci – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2015
The purpose of this study is to examine a mathematics student teacher's lessons by using example types named "teaching concepts and procedures" and "the provision of exercises." The participant's two lessons regarding the probability concept were observed and the semi-structured interviews were realized. The participant…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Probability, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Teaching
Preservice Science Teachers' Uses of Inscriptions in Science Teaching
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Tanis Ozcelik, Arzu; McDonald, Scott P. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This study investigated preservice science teachers' uses of inscriptions in their peer teaching activities and was guided by the following research questions: (1) What kinds of inscriptions and inscriptional practices do preservice science teachers use in their peer teaching activity? and (2) How and for what purposes do preservice science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teaching, Use Studies
"It Isn't Necessarily Sunshine and Daisies Every Time": Coplanning Opportunities and Challenges When Student Teaching
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Gallo-Fox, Jennifer; Scantlebury, Kathryn – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
As a model for learning to teach, coteaching places two or more student teachers and cooperating teachers in a classroom. Effective coteaching requires coplanning, and this case study examines how six coteachers planned instruction for three environmental science classes. Using sociocultural theory, the study provides insight into the complexity…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Educational Opportunities, Team Teaching, Teamwork
Developing Preservice Teachers: A Self-Study of Instructor Scaffolding
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Kindle, Karen J.; Schmidt, Cynthia M. – Reading Improvement, 2013
In this collaborative self-study, two teacher educators examined transcripts of preservice teachers' inquiry groups focused on assessment and tutoring of struggling readers as part of a reading methods course. The analysis identified instances of scaffolding by the course instructor that influenced preservice teachers' development. Types…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Transcripts (Written Records), Methods Courses