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ERIC Number: EJ1303388
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-1098-6065
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Characterizing Reasoning about Fraction Arithmetic of Middle Grades Teachers in Three Latent Classes
Ölmez, Ibrahim Burak; Izsák, Andrew
Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, v23 n3 p225-253 2021
We analyzed item responses provided by a nationwide sample of 990 in-service U.S. middle grades mathematics teachers to a novel survey focused on fraction arithmetic. The survey targeted four components of reasoning in terms of measured quantities: "Referent units," "Reversibility," "Partitioning and iterating," and "Appropriateness." Using the mixture Rasch model, a psychometric model that combines unidimensional scaling with classification, we detected 3 latent classes. To understand what distinguished the performance of teachers in the three classes, we analyzed their responses to each item. One main result is that the performance of teachers across the three classes was more clearly distinguished on items targeting "Reversibility" and "Partitioning" and iterating than it was on items targeting "Referent units" and "Appropriateness." A second main result is that the three classes formed a nested structure that aligned with good performance on more and more components of reasoning targeted by the survey items.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: DRL0903411
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