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Morris, Emily; Bossé, Michael J.; Sevier, John – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2022
Students enrolled in post-secondary developmental mathematics courses hold mathematical misunderstandings that begin before their college careers. Specifically, these students struggle with conceptual understanding of fractions, ratios, and proportions. The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics outline standards for K-12 mathematics…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, Misconceptions
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Zeybek, Zulfiye – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2016
This study aimed to document pre-service elementary teachers' (PSTs'), who are going to teach K-5, ability to construct as well as evaluate justifications varied in terms of levels of sophistication. Additionally, this study aimed to investigate how PSTs' knowledge of content in which they were being asked to prove influenced their ability to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Logic
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Lin, Cheng-Yao; Luo, Fenqjen; Lo, Jane-Jane; Yang, Der-Ching – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2011
This study investigated and compared the geometry knowledge and levels of pre-service elementary teachers from the United States and Taiwan. Forty pre-service teachers in Taiwan and 48 pre-service teachers in the United States at the beginning of their teacher education programs completed the Entering Geometry Test (EGT) and the van Hiele Geometry…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Foreign Countries, Geometric Concepts, Geometry