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Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 11
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Investigating the Manifestations of Bias in Professional Noticing of Mathematical Thinking among Preservice Teachers
Thomas, Jonathan; Marzilli, Taylor; Sawyer, Brittney; Jong, Cindy; Schack, Edna O.; Fisher, Molly H.
Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, v11 n1 p1-11 Spr 2020
This study examines potential bias with respect to perceived gender and ethnicity in preservice teachers' professional noticing of children's mathematical thinking. The goal of the study was to explore how, and to what extent bias emerges within pre-service teachers' professional noticing of children of differing perceived races and genders. Our findings suggest that bias tends to emerge in the interpreting phase of professional noticing; however, such emergence did not appear to vary in conjunction with the perceived ethnicity and gender of the student. Further, our findings suggest that the inclusion of visual imagery (i.e. photos) influence the manifestation of bias among preservice teachers to some degree when professionally noticing in the context of a written case.
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Preservice Teachers, Gender Bias, Racial Bias, Numeracy, Equal Education, Attention, Classroom Techniques, Video Technology, Teaching Skills, Mathematics Education
Program in Mathematics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. 525 West 120th Street Box 210-M, New York, NY 10027. Web site: https://jmetc.columbia.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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