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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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Bargagliotti, Anna E.; Jacobbe, Tim; Webb, Derek – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2014
Since the prevalence of data and statistics in the media and workplace has greatly increased over the past few decades, the teaching of statistics in K-12 grades has also increased. This necessitates that teachers be ready to teach statistical concepts throughout the grade levels. The recently adopted Common Core State Standards for Mathematics…
Descriptors: Statistics, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Guidelines
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Haciomeroglu, Guney – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2013
Three hundred-one pre-service teachers enrolled in elementary teacher education program were administered two surveys to measure mathematics anxiety and mathematical beliefs. Results of the study revealed that there were significant differences between third year and fourth year pre-service teachers regarding their mathematics anxiety and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Anxiety, Beliefs
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Pettit, Stacie Kae – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing the beliefs middle school mathematics teachers have about English Language Learners (ELLs) in mainstream classrooms. One hundred forty-nine middle school mathematics teachers from 11 school systems in Georgia completed the "Middle School Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs about English…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Mathematics Teachers, English (Second Language), Middle School Teachers
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Flores, Margaret M.; Patterson, DaShaunda; Shippen, Margaret E.; Hinton, Vanessa; Franklin, Toni M. – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2010
The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of special education and general education teachers' mathematical skill and perception of competence. The participants (n=206) were current (n-32) or future (n=174) elementary (K-6) and middle level (4-8) general and special education teachers enrolled in two major state universities in the…
Descriptors: General Education, Special Education Teachers, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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Yow, Jan A. – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2009
An exploratory research approach is used to characterize the experience of two second year high school mathematics teachers in their teacher preparation programs: one graduated from a four-year undergraduate program while the other graduated from a fifth-year masters program. The two main forms of data collection included interviews and document…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Masters Programs, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Pickreign, Jamar – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2007
This descriptive study investigated preservice teachers' understanding of the properties and relationships among parallelograms. Forty preservice teachers in a pre-methods mathematics course for elementary education provided written descriptions of the terms rectangle and rhombus. These responses were sorted into categories according to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers
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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