PROCEEDINGS OF THE 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Vol 1)
2012
Portland, Oregon
The Status of Capstone Courses in the Preparation of Secondary Mathematics Teachers
Page: 1-108
For more than a decade, capstone courses have been recommended as a way for pre-service secondary mathematics teachers to connect the mathematics they learn in college to the mathematics they will teach in their own classrooms. Yet little is known about the extent and nature of the implementation of these courses in the United States. This paper presents findings from a 2011 survey of U.S. colleges and universities that investigated whether and how capstone courses for pre-service secondary mathematics teachers have been implemented.