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Lee, Joohi – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
This study is purposed to measure the efficacy of implementing College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) math standards into math methods courses for early childhood and elementary education teacher candidates at an urban university located in the Dallas and Fort Worth metroplex area. A total of 161 college seniors (teacher candidates)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness
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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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Whitehead, Ashley N.; Walkowiak, Temple A. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This study examined pre-service elementary teachers' change in their understanding of fraction operations while taking a mathematics methods course. Specifically, their explanations and justifications for common algorithms for multiplication and division of fractions were coded using an existing framework (SOLO; Biggs, 1999) for the assessment of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Mongillo, Maria Boeke – Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, 2016
Teacher self-efficacy is the belief a teacher holds that he or she can make a difference in student achievement, even when the student is difficult or unmotivated (Guskey & Passaro, 1994). It has been linked to positive teacher practices and student outcomes. This mixed methods study of preservice elementary and early childhood math teachers…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Self Efficacy
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Stripling, Christopher T.; Roberts, T. Grady – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of incorporating mathematics teaching and integration strategies (MTIS) in a teaching methods course on preservice agricultural teachers' mathematics ability. The research design was quasi-experimental and utilized a nonequivalent control group. The MTIS treatment had a positive effect on the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Agricultural Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills
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Sackes, Mesut; Flevares, Lucia M.; Gonya, Jennifer; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of an integrated science and mathematics methods course on preservice early childhood teachers' efficacy beliefs for integrating these content areas. Thirty-four preservice teachers participated in this study, which utilized a quasi-experimental design with two treatment groups. Participants in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Children, Quasiexperimental Design, Methods Courses
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Rayner, Vanessa; Pitsolantis, Nicole; Osana, Helena – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2009
The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between mathematics anxiety and the procedural and conceptual knowledge of fractions in prospective teachers. Thirty-two preservice teachers enrolled in an elementary mathematics methods course were administered the Revised Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (RMARS, Baloglu, 2002).…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Rating Scales, Mathematics Instruction
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Utley, Juliana; Bryant, Richard; Moseley, Christine – School Science & Mathematics, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the change in teacher efficacy beliefs about mathematics and science teaching during participation in methods courses and student teaching, as well as the relationship between mathematics and science teaching efficacy. Data revealed that as science and mathematics teacher education in a methods course…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Student Teaching