ERIC Number: EJ1186011
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-1442-3901
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Teacher Preparation "Does" Matter: Relationships between Elementary Mathematics Content Courses and Graduates' Analyses of Teaching
Suppa, Siobahn; DiNapoli, Joseph; Mixell, Robert
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, v20 n2 p25-57 2018
In the United States, teacher preparation programs are under increased pressure to demonstrate their effectiveness in producing graduates with knowledge, abilities, and competencies to be quality teachers. However, very little research shows this kind of evidence. In a rare exception, Hiebert, Miller, and Berk (2017) found significant positive results of the influences of an elementary teacher education program on graduates' knowledge. Due to the rarity of these kinds of findings, we replicated their analyses with a different cohort of graduates from the same preparation program. Graduates completed a video analysis task correlated with high quality mathematics teaching for topics taught during their program and topics not taught during their program. Our results corroborate theirs, showing that graduates performed better on topics taught during their program versus topics not taught. These findings suggest that teacher education programs can have a significant positive and lasting effect on graduates' knowledge several years after graduation.
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Teacher Education Programs, Hypothesis Testing, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Course Content, Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Effectiveness, College Graduates
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: mted@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: Delaware
Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL0909661