PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Pre-service mathematics teachers’ engagement with cognitive demand of mathematics tasks
Page: 1185
The poster presentation describes the work undertaken in a mathematics methods course. 7 pre-service teachers (PSTs) critiqued mathematics tasks for their cognitive demand. Following critique of the tasks they planned for implementing and then implemented the tasks. Their critique of the tasks allowed them to learn about the properties of effective mathematics tasks. Further, they began to see the role teachers play in maintaining or decreasing cognitive demand.