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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Jukic, Ljerka; Brückler, Franka Miriam – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2014
This paper reports a study on retention of core concepts in differential and integral calculus by examining the knowledge of two pre-service mathematics students. The study is conducted using a mixed method approach and the obtained data were analyzed using theory of three worlds of mathematics. The results showed that having good understanding of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Calculus, Knowledge Level, Recall (Psychology)
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Panaoura, Areti; Panaoura, Georgia – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate pre-service teachers' awareness of creativity in mathematics and mainly their ability to transfer the pedagogical knowledge for mathematical creativity into their suggested lesson plan as an indication of practice. The sample of the study was a group of pre-service teachers who were attending a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Creativity, Lesson Plans
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Bukova-Guzel, Esra; Canturk-Gunhan, Berna – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2011
The purpose of the study is to determine prospective mathematics teachers' views about using computer-based instructional materials in constructing mathematical concepts and to reveal how the sample computer-based instructional materials for different mathematical concepts altered their views. This is a qualitative study involving twelve…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Teaching
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Halat, Erdogan – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2008
The aim of this study was to find and compare the pre-service elementary school and secondary mathematic teachers' reasoning stages in geometry. There were a total of 281 pre-service teachers, 125 elementary school teachers and 156 secondary mathematics teachers, involved in the study. The researcher employed a multiple-choice geometry test. This…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Geometry
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van der Sandt, Suriza – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2007
A two year study investigating the state of pre-service teachers' (PTs') (n=224), teachers' (n=18) and students' knowledge (n=123) of Grade 7 geometry (using the van Hiele theory (1986) and acquisition scales of Gutierrez, Jaime & Fortuny (1991)) is reported. Results indicate that both teachers and PTs fail to reach the expected level of geometric…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geometric Concepts, Grade 7, Teaching Experience
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Turnuklu, Elif B.; Yesildere, Sibel – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2007
The purpose of this research was to determine the pre-service primary mathematics teachers' competency of pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics. The data were collected by means of four open ended problems from the participation of 45 primary mathematics teacher candidates. Teacher candidates' responses were analyzed based on pre-determined…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge