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Emily Starrett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Uncertainties are inherent in education as learners encounter gaps in their awareness of topics, receive new information that potentially conflicts with prior understandings, and grapple with known unknowns in order to construct new knowledge. While researchers have shown that students productively struggling with problematized and uncertain…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Monica Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Task selection is a critical element of mathematics teaching because mathematical tasks differ in the mathematical opportunities made available to students. Thus, it is important to examine both the tasks that PSTs chose and why they were chosen. This study examines the task selection of 10 pre-service teachers (PSTs) in a middle grades…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
Peppers, Denise Symonds – ProQuest LLC, 2016
"A critical pillar of a strong PreK-12 education is a well-qualified teacher in every classroom" (Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, 2012, p. 1). In order for teachers to help students build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding and meet the standards set forth by governing agencies, prospective teachers will need deep…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Fractions, Middle School Mathematics, Methods Courses