ERIC Number: ED585071
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Towards Expert Curriculum Use: Developing a Measure of Pre-Service Teachers' Curricular Knowledge
Land, Tonia; Drake, Corey
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (34th, Kalamazoo, MI, Nov 1-4, 2012)
The overall purpose of this study is to develop a measure of elementary mathematics teachers' curricular knowledge (Shulman, 1986) and curriculum use practices. In this paper, we present the first step in this larger effort--the piloting of one set of questions that document pre-service teachers' (PSTs') knowledge and practices for reading, evaluating, and adapting a Standards-based curriculum lesson. We present the range of responses elicited from 34 PSTs related to the goals and purposes of the lesson, the strengths and weaknesses of the lesson, and possible changes to the lesson. These survey questions and our findings about the range of PSTs' responses to the questions are intended to help researchers further develop the constructs of curriculum use and curricular knowledge. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584829.]
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Elementary Education, Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Student Teacher Evaluation, Test Construction, Academic Standards, Instructional Material Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Strategies, Problem Solving, Surveys
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 0643497
Author Affiliations: N/A