ERIC Number: ED629963
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Dec
Pages: 9
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Teachers' Review of Tasks as a Tool for Examining Secondary Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
King, Michelle Morgan; Ruff, Adam; Lee, Alees; Powers, Robert; Novak, Jodie
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 (42nd, Mazatlán, Mexico and Online, May 27-Jun 6, 2021)
One important aspect of teaching is reviewing tasks in preparation for instruction. The goal of the multicase study of four secondary teachers was to examine the interplay between their mathematical knowledge for teaching [MKT] and what they attend to when reviewing a mathematics task. We engaged secondary mathematics teachers in a semi-structured, clinical interview focused on a nonroutine mathematical task involving exponential growth. The results suggest experienced teachers may not explicitly attend to learning opportunities in their review of a task, and their own mathematical work contributes to their anticipation of student work and thinking. This work highlights how researchers focused on MKT can use clinical interviews as a tool for extracting and describing a teacher's MKT. [For the complete proceedings, see ED629884.]
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, High School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics, Task Analysis
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: Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DUE1534977
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