This study explores 17 elementary teacher candidates' perceptions of teaching mathematics before, during, after participating in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning experience. Teacher candidates responded to their perceptions about teaching mathematics in STEM classrooms and elementary mathematics…

The purpose of this study was to develop a questionnaire to measure elementary preservice teachers' emotions about teaching science and mathematics. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire, Teacher Emotion for teaching Science and Mathematics (TESaM), was designed and pilot and field tested with a sample of preservice elementary teachers in the…

In this study, the correlation between the perceived self-efficacy, anxiety levels of prospective elementary school teachers in their mathematics education skills and the correlation between these factors and their professional belief levels were aimed to be measured. The sample of the study consists of 250 prospective elementary school teachers…

Institutions of Higher Education across the United States strive to improve the quality of teacher preparation programs. The institution where this study took place discovered an acute problem when preservice teachers were completing practicum-embedded mathematics coursework during a senior level practicum experience. Preservice teachers reported…

Preservice elementary teachers tend to have higher mathematics anxiety than other undergraduate majors, which can be mitigated through building self-efficacy. Teacher education programs can address this deficit through methods courses that provide opportunities for preservice teachers to construct mathematical concepts and practice instruction.…

Background/Context: Many elementary teacher education programs seek to prepare candidates to enact ambitious mathematics instruction that supports students in engaging in rigorous, conceptually rich mathematics tasks. Extant literature suggests that preparedness to engage in ambitious elementary mathematics instruction is multifaceted and includes…

The major objective of this study was to examine the effect of Ethiopian pre-service primary school teacher education program to mathematics teacher's knowledge and assess teacher educator's awareness about Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching. The study employed quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It also used survey and narration…

The aim of this study is to investigate the mediation effects of prospective mathematics teachers' beliefs about mathematics on the relationship between perception of pedagogical content knowledge and attitude towards mathematics teaching. Data of the study was collected from 295 prospective mathematics teachers who study at elementary mathematics…

Given the importance of the beliefs and attitudes of the pre-service teachers, this research aims at studying the relation between mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs of pre-service teachers, their attitude towards mathematics and their mathematics academic achievement. Specifically, this work considers both factors together and studies their…

The mechanisms of dissemination of the counting frames in the teaching of mathematics in Spain during the nineteenth century are studied. José Mariano Vallejo and Pablo Montesino proposed them in order to facilitate an arithmetic initiation based on intuition, following Pestalozzi's proposals. The diffusion channels considered were pedagogical…

Two major concerns in mathematics teacher education are the role of subject matter knowledge and the development of self-efficacy in pre-service teachers. This article brings these issues together in an exploration of the interaction between pre-service teachers' perceptions of their subject matter knowledge and their accounts of university and…

We investigated whether the mathematics studied in 2 content courses of an elementary teacher preparation program was retained and used by graduates when completing tasks measuring knowledge for teaching mathematics. Using a longitudinal design, we followed 2 cohorts of prospective teachers for 3 to 4 years after graduation. We assessed…

This study examined 105 preservice teachers' instructional strategies for developing dance-themed activities for young students during mathematics instruction. A pretest--posttest data collection design was used to investigate the changes in participants' teaching strategies before and after the intervention of dance with integrated mathematics…

Prospective teachers' attitudes and beliefs regarding self-efficacy beliefs become the basis of their attitudes in their professional lives, as they affect their students' attitudes and self-efficacy. The aim of this study is to determine the primary teacher training students' attitudes towards mathematics and self-efficacy beliefs regarding…

Teacher education programmes offer pre-service teachers limited opportunities to realistically practise and develop skills and strategies for teaching pupils, without the risk of adversely affecting pupils' learning. The purpose of this study was set to contribute with knowledge concerning how pre-service teachers develop self-efficacy beliefs…