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Early childhood preservice teachers participated in a qualitative multiple case study to explore and examine the effectiveness of reform-based constructivist methods used in a mathematics methods course to change their mathematics anxiety, mathematics self-efficacy, and mathematics teachers’ efficacy beliefs. Findings indicated that instructor’s use of a variety of reform-based strategies to teach and model concepts were effective in reducing their mathematics anxiety and improving their mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs. Based on these findings, it is recommended that mathematics methods course instructors use reform-based constructivist methods in their courses as outlined by the NCTM’s (2014) principles. Teacher educators must also consider carefully their attitudes and disposition toward mathematics along with the type of classroom and learning environment they establish in mathematics methods courses. They must emphasize conceptual understanding during mathematics methods courses, understand the connection between preservice teachers’ mathematics anxiety and mathematics efficacy beliefs, and integrate field experiences as well as peer teaching opportunities into mathematics methods courses. 相似文献
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Limin Jao 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2017,15(5):895-914
For pre-service teachers (PSTs) who have been exposed to traditional approaches, teacher education courses can be a revelatory experience in their development as educators. This study explores if Canadian upper elementary/lower secondary (grades 4–10) PSTs change their beliefs about mathematics teaching as a result of taking a mathematics methods course and how the course influenced these beliefs. Surveys were used to measure participants’ mathematics beliefs, and results show that PSTs’ beliefs moved to favor reform-based approaches. Qualitative data complemented the survey results, suggesting that experiencing new approaches and having the opportunity to apply them into practice are important to their development as mathematics teachers. 相似文献
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Kadir Demir Camille Sutton-Brown Charlene Czerniak 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(11):1709-1739
This article describes a qualitative study of college mathematics and science faculty (n?=?6) and their engagement in a reform-based program, Japanese lesson study (LS), to change their teaching practices. LS is a process in which a team of four to six teachers jointly design, teach, observe, analyze, and revise a single class lesson. A series of semi-structured, open-ended, interviews was completed with each of the faculty participants. Two sets of assertions were developed from analyses of the data and examples and explanations corroborating each assertion are provided. The results of the study identified issues related to organizational and faculty changes that need to be addressed if faculty responses to pedagogical innovations are to succeed. Implications of the findings for practice and future research are discussed. 相似文献
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The Interfacing of Preservice and Inservice Experiences of Reform-Based Teaching: A Longitudinal Study 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Diana F. Steele 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2001,4(2):139-172
This article contrasts four elementary teachers who were graduates of a teacher education program that incorporated a reform-based
mathematics methods course. The report provides results from a four-year longitudinal study that extended from the time that
the participants were preservice teachers until the end of their second year of teaching. The article provides background
information of each teacher, vignettes from her teaching, excerpts from interviews, and an analysis of each teacher's case.
Results from the case studies indicate that two of the four teachers sustained their cognitively-based conceptions about mathematics
teaching and learning, and implemented these conceptions into practice. The analysis suggests that there were several factors
that influenced the teachers' conceptions and the choices they made in their teaching: personal commitment, professional strength,
curriculum, planning, assessment, beliefs, knowledge, and support from school administration. The article concludes with implications
for teaching and questions about the nature of what might be required in the beginning years of teaching if new teachers are
expected to implement reform-based mathematics teaching practices.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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In this study, 12 pre-service mathematics teachers worked in teams to develop their knowledge and skills in using teacher-led spreadsheet demonstrations to help students explore mathematics concepts, stimulate discussions and perform authentic tasks through activity-based lessons. Pre-service teachers’ lesson plans, their instruction of the lessons designed, experiences and lesson enactment outcomes were examined. The pre-service teachers in the study were able to develop and demonstrate their knowledge and skill adequately in designing and enacting activity-based mathematical lessons supported with spreadsheets. The results also showed that the pre-service teachers’ use of the spreadsheet as an instructional tool promoted student in-depth mathematical concept formation and an activity-based learning approach to make lessons less teacher centred and more interactive. 相似文献
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A Conceptual Framework for Learning to Teach Secondary Mathematics: A Situative Perspective 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1
Dominic Peressini Hilda Borko Lew Romagnano Eric Knuth Christine Willis 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2004,56(1):67-96
This paper offers for discussion and critique a conceptual framework that applies a situative perspective on learning to the
study of learning to teach mathematics. From this perspective, such learning occurs in many different situations -- mathematics
and teacher preparation courses, pre-service field experiences, and schools of employment. By participating over time in these
varied contexts, mathematics teachers refine their conceptions about their craft -- the big ideas of mathematics, mathematics-specific
pedagogy, and sense of self as a mathematics teacher. This framework guides a research project that traces the learning trajectories
of teachers from two reform-based teacher preparation programs into their early teaching careers. We provide two examples
from this research to illustrate how this framework has helped us understand the process of learning to teach.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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We report the results of survey research that collected responses of an identical sample (31 beginning mathematics and science
teachers, elementary and middle school level) that graduated from a reform-based mathematics and science teacher preparation
program, the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP). We compared responses of the same beginning teachers over
the two administrations of the survey. The 1st administration was conducted soon after the beginning teachers graduated from
the MCTP program, but had not started full teaching. The 2nd administration was conducted after the new teachers had taught
full time for a minimum of a full year, with the majority having taught for 2 years. Results indicated that in all areas the
MCTP teachers maintained their reform-based beliefs. 相似文献
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A Cognitive Model for Examining Teachers' Instructional Practice in Mathematics: A Guide for Facilitating Teacher Reflection 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop a model to examine teachers' instructional practice in secondary school mathematics in relationship to their underlying cognitions. The instructional practice and cognitions of seven experienced and seven beginning teachers of secondary school mathematics were examined as a basis for the creation of the model. To examine instructional practice a Phase-Dimension Framework for the Examination of Mathematics Teaching was developed. Data were obtained through observations, lesson plans, videotapes and audiotapes of structured interviews during the course of one semester. The value of the model lies in its usefulness as a guide for enabling teachers to reflect on their instructional practice and underlying cognitions in a structured, comprehensive manner.This revised version was published online in September 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Angelika Kullberg Ulla Runesson Ference Marton Anna Vikström Pernilla Nilsson Pernilla Mårtensson 《Teachers and Teaching》2016,22(6):745-759
Twelve lower secondary schoolteachers in mathematics and science were asked to teach a topic of their choice during a lesson that was video-recorded. We were able to analyse 10 of the cases and we found that all of them were similar in one respect: concepts and principles were introduced one at a time, each one followed by examples of the concept or principle in question, apparently to highlight its essential meaning. All the teachers participated in three modified lesson studies with three cycles in four different groups during three semesters. The modified lesson studies were built on a theoretical idea supported by a large number of recent studies. The theory states that new meanings (of concepts and principles, for instance) are learned through engaging with instances of contrasting concepts and principles. The core idea is that new meanings derive from differences, not from sameness. After the three modified lesson studies, the teachers were asked to once again teach the same topic as in the recorded lessons before the lesson studies. The new lessons were also recorded and the analysis showed that there was one thing in common in all cases: all of the 10 teachers dealt with the relevant concepts and principles in relation to each other (i.e. simultaneously) and not one at a time. By thus bringing out the differences between them, their meaning was made possible to grasp for the students. The study lends support to the conjecture that the modified lesson study is a powerful tool for enabling teachers to structure the content of their teaching in accordance with a principle that is more powerful in making learning possible, even if this contradicts their taken-for-granted practice. 相似文献
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This paper draws on videotapes of mathematics lessons prepared and conducted by pre-service elementary teachers towards the
end of their initial training at one university. The aim was to locate ways in which they drew on their knowledge of mathematics
and mathematics pedagogy in their teaching. A grounded approach to data analysis led to the identification of a ‘knowledge
quartet’, with four broad dimensions, or ‘units’, through which mathematics-related knowledge of these beginning teachers
could be observed in practice. We term the four units: foundation, transformation, connection and contingency. This paper
describes how each of these units is characterised and analyses one of the videotaped lessons, showing how each dimension
of the quartet can be identified in the lesson. We claim that the quartet can be used as a framework for lesson observation
and for mathematics teaching development. 相似文献
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Rossella Santagata Claudia Zannoni James W. Stigler 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2007,10(2):123-140
A video-based program on lesson analysis for pre-service mathematics teachers was implemented for two consecutive years as part of a teacher education program at the University of Lazio, Italy. Two questions were addressed: What can preservice teachers learn from the analysis of videotaped lessons? How can preservice teachers’ analysis ability, and its improvement, be measured? Two groups of preservice teachers (approximately 140 in total) participated in the program. A three-step lesson analysis framework was applied to three lesson videos: (1) goal(s) and parts of the lesson; (2) student learning; and, (3) teaching alternatives. Preservice teachers’ ability to analyze lessons was measured through an open-ended pre- and post-assessment. In the assessment, preservice teachers were asked to mark and comment on events (in a lesson not included in the program) that they found interesting for: teachers’ actions/decisions; students’ behavior/learning; and, mathematical content. A coding system was developed based on five criteria: elaboration, mathematics content, student learning, critical approach, and alternative strategies. In both studies, the ability to analyze instruction improved significantly on all five criteria. These data suggest promising directions for the development of both an instrument to measure lesson analysis abilities and a model for teacher learning. 相似文献
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Chin-Wen Chien 《Teachers and Teaching》2013,19(3):328-345
Though it is well known that pre-service teachers’ field experiences are recognized as key to enhancing teaching practice, Taiwanese pre-service teachers who take ‘Teaching Methods and Materials’ in elementary school’s seven areas often complain that they lack field experience. They do not have the opportunity to experience teaching demonstrations among real elementary school students. This case study discusses 35 pre-service English teachers’ professional learning and the field experience they acquired from expert teachers in the Teaching Methods and Materials of English in the Elementary School course in Taiwan. Data in this study include: (1) observation notes, (2) lesson plans, worksheets, and teaching materials, (3) videos on teaching demonstrations, (4) conversation notes on lesson planning, (5) the class syllabus, (6) semi-structured interviews with expert teachers, and (7) participants’ reflections on their mentoring experience. Participants held positive attitudes toward the mentoring experience and their expert teachers. Because it helped them combine their knowledge of the classroom context, lesson plan content, instructional pedagogy, and their students, these 35 participants regarded teaching practice as more beneficial than observing expert teachers’ instructions and having conversation with expert teachers after teaching practice. In addition to mentored field experience, online discussions and seminars on topics are suggested for inclusion in mentoring activities. 相似文献
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Amy Roth-McDuffie J. Randy McGinnis Anna O. Graeber 《Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education》2000,3(3):225-250
This study investigated, from the students',professor's, and researchers' perspectives, the effects of a reform-based introductory undergraduate mathematics course, and the efforts of a mathematics professor to teach such a course. The class had been designed for teacher candidates of middle school mathematics and science (Grades 4 to 8) but was open to all qualified students. We addressed the following research question: What perceptions about learning and teaching mathematics emerged through the participants' experiences in a reform-based mathematics course? Results of the analysis of the data suggested that the teacher candidates and the professor took an important first step toward enculturation into a reform-based vision of mathematics learning and teaching. Implications for mathematics faculty and teacher education faculty interested in promoting reform-based mathematics are presented. 相似文献
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Cynthia Nicol 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2002,50(3):289-309
The integration of academic and vocational subject matter is offered in response to efforts to make the study of mathematics
meaningful and engaging for all students,as well as aid in the preparation of a mathematically literate workforce. Yet,teachers
often come to mathematics education with more ‘pure’ than ‘applied’ backgrounds making it difficult for them to draw upon
their own experiences to make subject matter meaningful. This paper analyses prospective teachers' opportunities to connect
subject matter with workplace contexts. It examines the degree of importance prospective teachers place on workplace connections
and the ways in which they incorporate these connections in classroom lesson plans. Results suggest that given opportunities
to visit workplace sites, it is not a trivial task for prospective teachers to: 1) make the mathematics in work explicit,
and 2) keep the mathematics contextualized when designing activities and problems for students. These results have implications
for teacher education and the support prospective teachers require in building networks connecting mathematics, pedagogy,and
work.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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ARTHUR C. GRAESSER 《教育心理学家》2013,48(3):193-197
The visions of mathematics classrooms called for by current educational reform efforts pose great challenges for kindergarten through Grade 12 schools and teacher education programs. Although a number of colleges and universities throughout the country are making changes in their teacher education programs to reflect these reform recommendations, we have little systematic information on the nature of these programs or their impact on prospective teachers. These issues are of central concern in the study-Learning to Teach Secondary Mathematics in Two Reform-Based Teacher Education Programs-that we draw on in this article. The article focuses on 1 preservice teacher's (Ms. Savant) knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to proof, tasks, and discourse. A situative perspective on cognition and components of teachers' professional knowledge frame our research. We examined data on Ms. Savant's experiences in her teacher education program to understand the influences of teacher education on her development as a mathematics teacher. This research indicates that Ms. Savant's teacher education experiences did make a difference in her development as a teacher. Her mathematics methods course provided a large collection of tasks, engaged her and her preservice colleagues in discourse, and provided her with both formal and informal experiences with proof-all of these experiences reflecting reform-based visions of mathematics classrooms. The situative perspective on cognition directed our attention to issues of compatibility of goals and visions across the various university and kindergarten through Grade 12 classroom settings, and it helped us to understand why some aspects of reform-based pedagogy are more easily learned than others: Why some ideas and practices learned as a student in the university setting are more easily transported to the novice teacher's kindergarten through Grade 12 field setting. We conclude that compatibility of these settings on several key dimensions is essential for the settings to reinforce each other's messages, and thus work in conjunction, rather than in opposition, to prepare reform-minded teachers. 相似文献
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The purpose of this exploratory study was to use a teaching as problem solving perspective to examine the components of metacognition underlying the instructional practice of seven experienced and seven beginning teachers of secondary school mathematics. A metacognitive framework was developed to examine the thoughts of teachers before, during and after lesson enactments. Data were obtained through observations, lesson plans, videotapes, and audiotapes of structured interviews during the course of one semester. Data analysis suggests that the metacognition of teachers plays a well-defined role in classroom practice. These findings provide useful insights for researchers and teacher educators in their preservice and inservice mathematics programs. 相似文献
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Megan H. Wickstrom Stephanie Wilm Emily Mills Alexis Johnson Nicole Leonard Raegan Larberg 《Educational Action Research》2018,26(1):42-58
Pre-service teachers need to develop habits of mind that allow them to grow as new teachers. This article describes an elementary mathematics methods course in which teaching as an experiment was used a framework for pre-service teachers to participate in action research by developing learning goals, observing and analyzing student thinking, hypothesizing and enacting teaching strategies, and reflecting on the effectiveness of a lesson. Through analysis of reflections and lesson plans, the article explores three groups of pre-service teachers’ reflections on teaching as well as their confidence across the semester. By treating lessons as experiments, the pre-service teachers were able to develop appropriate teaching responses over time as well as gain confidence in their abilities. 相似文献
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This paper traces the professional growth of science teachers in Trinidad and Tobago through their involvement in the production of context-based resource materials relevant to the lives of their students during workshop sessions. Grounded theory methods were used to analyse pre- and post-workshop questionnaire responses, tape-recorded group discussions and several draft lesson outlines. The findings show that professional growth is indicated by changes in the nature of the contexts chosen as lesson foci, the role of these contexts in the overall lesson design, and teachers' perceptions of contextualised teaching. Conflicts between students' cultural and scientific understandings were not addressed by these teachers. 相似文献
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The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of teachers’ professional learning opportunities on instructional quality, which represents a combined approach of behaviorist, cognitivist, and constructivist principles in teaching. We incorporated professional learning communities (PLCs), professional development (PD) days, as well as 3 PD types (traditional, reform-based, and informal) to provide a comprehensive account of teachers’ professional learning opportunities. Using the extant large-scale data, the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), from 3,213 middle-school teachers in Turkey, we found that PLCs and reform-based PD activities produced statistically significant effects on instructional quality, ranging from high to moderate effects, all other PD variables held constant. Discussion on the results was centered on the schools for being a venue for professional learning and the potential of collaborative structures to promote teachers’ development. 相似文献