ERIC Number: EJ1364140
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Publication Date: 2023-Feb
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"Mis-In" and "Mis-Out" Concept Images: The Case of Even Numbers
Tsamir, Pessia; Tirosh, Dina
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v112 n2 p207-224 Feb 2023
This paper reports on concept images of 38 secondary school mathematics prospective teachers, regarding the evenness of numbers. Written assignments, individual interviews, and lesson transcripts uncover salient, erroneous concept images of even numbers as numbers that are two times "something" (i.e., "2i" is an even number), or to reject the evenness of zero. The notion of concept image serves in the analysis of the findings, and the findings serve in offering two refinement notions: "mis-in" concept images that mistakenly grant non-examples the status of examples (e.g., "2i" is an even number), and "mis-out" concept images that mistakenly regard examples as non-examples (e.g., zero is not an even number). We discuss possible benefits in distinguishing between these two refinement notions in mathematics education.
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Number Concepts, Misconceptions, Knowledge Level, Error Patterns, Concept Formation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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