ERIC Number: EJ1488893
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-2199-3246
EISSN: EISSN-2199-3254
Available Date: 2024-12-12
Pre-Service Teachers' Characterizations of "Draggable" Task Situations through the Lens of Embodied Task Design
Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, v11 n2 p307-318 2025
This report details a set of three tasks used in an exploratory study of pre-service teachers' (PSTs) experiences of task design for the mathematics classroom. The three tasks, which I call the "Orange Dot Tasks," were constructed in Desmos, a dynamic geometry environment (DGE), and participants engaged each task through manipulating draggable objects on iPad touchscreens. The purpose of this report is two-fold: one aim is to present the tasks in detail and to elaborate on the intentions behind their design and a second is to present some perspectives of PSTs on these tasks generated through their participation in the study.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Design, Task Analysis, Geometry, Handheld Devices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Alberta, Faculty of Education, Edmonton, Canada

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