The way teachers understand mathematics strongly influences their teaching and what pupils learn. Describes the influence of two variables on preservice teachers' performance: (1) the presence of a formal definition; and (2) previous classroom activities that addressed the concept of the altitude of a triangle. (Contains 30 references.)…

Describes the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP) internship program, including the rationale for and structural features of the program. Highlights the effects of the internship experience on preservice teachers' conceptions of and beliefs about the nature and processes of mathematics and science, and the teaching of mathematics…

Describes a program for prospective middle school mathematics teachers as part of the Missouri Middle Mathematics Project (MMMP). Provides information about middle grades mathematics certification. (ASK)

Discusses the role of the teacher in teacher-education programs that are designed to enhance mathematics-learning experiences through reform or development of teaching. (Author/ASK)

Describes a problem-solving-oriented teacher-inservice program designed to provide opportunities that allow elementary teachers to focus on personal experience as a way of achieving self-understanding and a way of reconstructing their personal meanings about problem solving and problem-solving instruction. Concludes that the program had positive…

Presents a conceptual framework for studying the relationship between cognition and the instructional practices of preservice secondary mathematics teachers. Describes how the framework was used as the basis for activities in which preservice teachers engaged in structured reflection upon their teaching as a means toward their professional growth…

The construction of concept maps and the writing of interpretive essays in mathematics courses for preservice and continuing teachers provide students with rich learning experiences. Provides examples of the use of concepts maps and interpretive essays in teacher education. Mentions their benefits to teachers and students and their uses in the…

Describes an action-research collaboration between a middle school mathematics teacher and a mathematics teacher educator in which the teacher wrote a narrative description of the collaboration and the changes she made in her instructional practice as a result of the collaboration. Contains 34 references. (Author/ASK)

Describes early approaches to teacher education in the Netherlands and the Wiskobas model for teacher education. Provides information on the Netherlands' national approach to training primary teachers. Contains 14 references. (Author/ASK)

Describes the Missouri Middle Mathematics (M3) Project's goals, activities, and impact. Contains 11 references. (Author/ASK)

Provides information about the "Mathematics In Context" textbook. Describes its content, pedagogy, assessment techniques, and features an example lesson plan. (ASK)

Provides information about the "Core-Plus Mathematics Project" textbook. Describes its content, pedagogy, assessment techniques, and features an example lesson plan. (ASK)

Provides information about the "STEM" (Six Through Eight Mathematics) textbook. Describes its content, pedagogy, assessment techniques, and features an example lesson plan. (ASK)

Provides information about the "SIMMS Integrated Mathematics" textbook. Describes its content, pedagogy, assessment techniques, and features an example lesson plan. (ASK)

Presents a mathematics activity in which equal areas and volumes are focused upon when sharing a circular pie. (ASK)