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Alicia Erwin; Matthew Winsor – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
This study investigated the effect of teaching rehearsals on 22 preservice secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs) who were in their first mathematics pedagogy course. The objective of the teaching rehearsal was to introduce PSMTs to student-centered teaching. PSMTs worked in groups to complete a learning cycle consisting of analyzing a mathematics…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Teaching Methods, Classroom Environment, Mathematics Instruction
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Cassel, Darlinda; Vincent, Daniel – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
Typically, experiences shape one's attitudes toward the "thing" that is being experienced, whether it is a person, pet, movie, etc. Classroom experiences also shape one's attitudes toward a subject, teacher, learning, and so forth. Studies have shown that attitudes become more negative as students move from elementary to secondary schools.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Mathematics Instruction
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Star, Jon R.; Strickland, Sharon K. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2008
Video has assumed an increasingly prominent role in teacher education, particularly in the form of the viewing of videotaped class lessons by preservice teachers. Yet there is little research that confirms whether preservice teachers attend to the aspects of the video(s) that teacher educators anticipate or desire. This article explores this issue…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Observation
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Gerretson, Helen; McHatton, Patricia Alvarez – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
This research examines perceptions of special education teachers toward mathematics as related to self as student and teacher throughout a semester-long mathematics methods course. Eighteen alternate-entrant special education teachers provided data in the form of mathematics autobiographical essays and classroom drawings. Autobiographical essays…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Essays, Special Education Teachers
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Wesson, James B.; Lawhorn, Cynthia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Shares an experience from a mathematics methods course for elementary teachers that used concrete materials to teach the concept of rounding in different bases. Discusses how this experience modeled recommendations by the NCTM "Professional Teaching Standards" in creating classroom climate and conducting discussion. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers