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Holm, Jennifer; Kajander, Ann; Avoseh, Jimmy – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This study investigated the effect of different aspects of mathematics knowledge for teaching on performance in upper elementary mathematics methods courses. In the Ontario (Canada) context, prospective teachers have been, until the 2015-2016 school year, able to obtain a Bachelor of Education (BEd) degree in as little as eight months after a…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Performance Factors
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Guarino, Cassandra; Dieterle, Steven G.; Bargagliotti, Anna E.; Mason, William M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
This study investigates the impact of teacher characteristics and instructional strategies on the mathematics achievement of students in kindergarten and first grade and tackles the question of how best to use longitudinal survey data to elicit causal inference in the face of potential threats to validity due to nonrandom assignment to treatment.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
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Hadfield, Oakley D.; Littleton, Charles E.; Steiner, Robert L.; Woods, Emily S. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 1998
Preservice elementary teachers were videotaped teaching three self-designed micro-teaching lessons to their peers, and the videotapes were rated by elementary mathematics-methods instructors. Mathematics methods course quiz average, mathematics anxiety score, and spatial ability were investigated as potential predictors of videotape ratings.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness