ERIC Number: EJ1221454
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1386-4416
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Designing Advanced Mathematics Courses to Influence Secondary Teaching: Fostering Mathematics Teachers' "Attention to Scope"
Wasserman, Nicholas H.; Weber, Keith; Fukawa-Connelly, Timothy; McGuffey, William
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v22 n4 p379-406 Aug 2019
Most prospective secondary mathematics teachers complete a course in real analysis, yet view the content as unrelated to their future teaching. We leveraged a theoretically motivated instructional model to design modules for a real analysis course that could inform secondary teachers' pedagogy, focusing on how this model was implemented in a single module about "attending to scope." The central aim is to document how teachers' experience in this real analysis course influenced their subsequent teaching. In the majority of lessons we observed from six participating teachers, the following occurred: (i) the teacher explicitly attended to the scope of statements discussed in class; and (ii) in post-class interviews, the teacher highlighted their deliberate attention to scope and attributed this behavior to their experience in the experimental real analysis course. We discuss the design approach, its relation to teachers' actions in the classroom, and potential implications for teacher education in advanced content courses.
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Curriculum Design, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Teaching Experience, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DUE1524739; DUE1524681; DUE1524619