PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Developing Pre-Service Secondary Math Teachers Capacity with Error Analysis Related to Middle-Grades Mathematics
Page: 1173
As part of a National Science Foundation Noyce Scholarship Grant, one university substantially revised its preservice secondary (grades 7-12) math teacher preparation program. As one component of this program, preservice teachers take three credit hours of middle level number and operation and geometry, with a focus on mathematical knowledge for teaching. As a research component, we investigated the impact of this course on preservice teachers capacity to identify, analyze, and respond to student errors. This paper provides additional background and results from the first two offerings of the course, as well as ideas for further study.