ERIC Number: ED606605
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 8
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Quantitative (and Non-Quantitative) Methods Used by Future Teachers for Solving Probability-Based Proportion Problems
Stevenson, Dean L.; Beckmann, Sybilla; Johnson, Sheri E.; Kang, Rui
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 (40th, Greenville, SC, Nov 15-18, 2018)
We have extended two perspectives of proportional reasoning to solve problems based in probability. Four future middle grade teachers were enrolled in a mathematics content course that emphasized reasoning about multiplication with quantities. The course expected future teachers to generate and explain methods for solving proportions. Probability had not yet been discussed in the course, which gave insight into how reasoning fostered in the course was invoked in novel tasks. All four future teachers could reason about multiplication with quantities to solve probability problems and could use quantitative methods that accurately reflected how empirical probabilities approach theoretical probabilities as the number of trials increase. [For the complete proceedings, see ED606531.]
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Probability, Middle School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Logic, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Teachers, Multiplication
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: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; 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: DRL1420307
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