“Books i used as a child were mathematically incorrect”: reasons to use children’s shape-related books as a resource to improve mathematical knowledge for teaching

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buir.contributor.authorAlexander, Anita N.
buir.contributor.orcidAlexander, Anita N.|0000-0001-7451-2306
dc.citation.epage23en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage1en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber16en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Anita N.
dc.contributor.authorNurnberger-Haag, Julie
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Rashmi
dc.contributor.authorWernet, Jamie L. W.
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-26T10:31:50Z
dc.date.available2022-04-26T10:31:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-05
dc.departmentDepartment of Mathematicsen_US
dc.description.abstractSome goals of mathematics teacher education include ensuring that pre-service teachers (PSTs) have strong content knowledge, the skill to anticipate and interpret student thinking, the ability to plan how to respond, and the ability to critically select resources for instruction. These goals are especially challenging for the topic of geometric shapes. Thus, we share an instructional activity that focuses PSTs’ attention on an inaccurate resource of geometric information, children’s books, to accomplish these goals in mathematics content as well as methods courses. Analyses of surveys and content assessments conducted to assess efficacy of the Shape Book Critique Activity were interpreted with the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) framework. Based on the findings we suggest that this short 40-minute activity is a promising way to promote PSTs’ growth in three aspects of MKT for geometric shapes.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.29333/iejme/10941en_US
dc.identifier.issn1306-3030
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/78156
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherModestum Publishing Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/10941en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Electronic Journal of Mathematics Educationen_US
dc.subjectGeometryen_US
dc.subjectPre-Service Teacheren_US
dc.subjectMathematical Knowledge For Teachingen_US
dc.subjectTeacher Educationen_US
dc.title“Books i used as a child were mathematically incorrect”: reasons to use children’s shape-related books as a resource to improve mathematical knowledge for teachingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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