PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Future Middle Grades Teachers’ Solution Methods on Proportional Relationship Tasks
Page: 882
This study examines the solution methods that future middle grades teachers chose when solving a problem on proportional relationships. The examination of the solution methods was framed by a new perspective on proportional reasoning that connects multiplication, division, and proportional relationships into a coherent framework. This framework places emphasis on multiple batches and variable parts. The data were collected from a sample of 22 future middle grades teachers’ exams completed as part of a content course at a large university in the Southeastern United States. Findings revealed that future middle grades teachers utilized strategies involving multiple batches and variable parts after completing a two-semester sequence of mathematics content courses on proportional relationships tasks.