PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Exploring Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Relationships with Mathematics via Creative Writing and Survey
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Thirty-two pre-service elementary teachers completed a survey regarding their beliefs and attitudes regarding learning and teaching mathematics and two creative writing tasks. In the writing tasks, participants described their relationship with personified mathematics and introduced personified mathematics to their future students. By interpreting the survey and writings, different aspect of attitudes towards mathematics were discovered.