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Prospective Early Childhood Teachers’ Evolving Conceptions Of Using A Mathematics Learning Trajectory To Guide Intentional Teaching, Melissa E. Hedges
Prospective Early Childhood Teachers’ Evolving Conceptions Of Using A Mathematics Learning Trajectory To Guide Intentional Teaching, Melissa E. Hedges
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This qualitative, phenomenological study investigated how fifteen early childhood
preservice teachers’ (PSTs) mathematical knowledge needed for teaching and early mathematics
learning trajectory knowledge impacted the intentionality of instructional decision-making. The
central research question asked: In what ways do early mathematics learning trajectories inform
prospective early childhood teachers’ instructional decisions in ways that are likely to advance
student learning on the subitizing trajectory? The literature review revealed numerous studies
focused on the usefulness of learning trajectory knowledge on prospective elementary and
inservice teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching, lesson planning, instruction, and
assessment, but no studies were found regarding early childhood pre-service …