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Middle Grades Preservice Teachers' Experiences With Proof And Reasoning Focused Instruction, Jonathan Bostic
Middle Grades Preservice Teachers' Experiences With Proof And Reasoning Focused Instruction, Jonathan Bostic
School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications
The purpose of this session is to explore middle grades mathematics teachers’ perceptions of and experiences using manipulatives to prove mathematics topics. Participants will reason with manipulatives and collaboratively reflect on ways to promote reasoning and proof during preservice coursework.
Effective Difference Of Research Projects On Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers' Sense Of Efficacy, Gabriel T. Matney, Jack Jackson
Effective Difference Of Research Projects On Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teachers' Sense Of Efficacy, Gabriel T. Matney, Jack Jackson
School of Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the difference in teacher efficacy measures of two groups of preservice teachers who were given modified research projects and were enrolled in a secondary mathematics methods course. The participants were divided into two groups doing modified research projects related to the field of mathematics education. The modification of research projects were grounded in one of Bandura’s (1997) sources of self-efficacy: vicarious experience. Two possible vicarious experiences that inform preservice teachers’ sense of teacher efficacy are reading professional literature and watching others teach followed by discussing the results. These two contexts are …