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The Impact of Cooperative Learning Methods on Elementary Preservice Education Teachers' Mathematics Achievement and Anxiety
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Swift, Elijah Raford, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to address the gap in research regarding the use of cooperative learning instructional methods in college mathematics courses to prepare future teachers. Bruner's constructivist theory and social interdependence theory guided this study. The research questions focused on the effects of the use of cooperative learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Teacher Efficacy in Elementary Pre-Service Teachers
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Gresham, Gina – Teaching Education, 2008
This study investigated the relationship between mathematics anxiety and mathematics teacher efficacy among 156 elementary pre-service teachers from a university in the southeastern United States. Data sources included the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS), Mathematics Teaching Efficacy Beliefs Instrument, and pre-service teacher interviews.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Rating Scales, Mathematics Teachers
Identification of Factors that Reduce Mathematics Anxiety of Preservice Elementary Teachers in Mathematics Content Courses
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Plaisance, DesLey Viator – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this study was to identify factors that reduce mathematics anxiety in preservice elementary teachers enrolled in mathematics content courses. Students enrolled in ten sections of four different, required mathematics content courses in one specific semester were chosen as the population for this study. Approximately 180 students were…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Influences, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers