Ms. Morgan's Interpretation: An Instructional Minicase on Evaluating Student Approaches to a Problem of Linear Functions. Research Memorandum. ETS RM-21-04
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| Title: | Ms. Morgan's Interpretation: An Instructional Minicase on Evaluating Student Approaches to a Problem of Linear Functions. Research Memorandum. ETS RM-21-04 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Howell, Heather, Lai, Yvonne, Nabors Oláh, Leslie, DeLucia, Maria, Kim, Eun Mi, Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
| Source: | Educational Testing Service. 2021. |
| Availability: | Educational Testing Service. Rosedale Road Mailstop 19R, Princeton, NJ 08541. Tel: 609-921-9000; Fax: 609-734-5410; Web site: http://www.ets.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 43 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | 1445630/1445551 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Logical Thinking, Validity, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Instruction |
| Abstract: | There is a broad consensus that beginning teachers of mathematics need a strong foundation in mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT), defined as the mathematical knowledge required to recognize, understand, and respond to the mathematical work of teaching in which one must engage. One recurrent challenge in teacher education is how to provide support for preservice teachers (PSTs) to acquire such competencies. Recent trends toward practice-based teacher education support the idea of engaging novice teachers in activities that are purposefully constrained to a core teaching practice. "Ms. Morgan's Interpretation" is an abbreviated instructional case (i.e., a minicase) based on an assessment scenario in which PSTs are asked to attend to student reasoning about representing linear functions. PSTs are asked to judge the mathematical validity of students' explanations as a way of further developing their own MKT. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2022 |
| Accession Number: | ED617556 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | There is a broad consensus that beginning teachers of mathematics need a strong foundation in mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT), defined as the mathematical knowledge required to recognize, understand, and respond to the mathematical work of teaching in which one must engage. One recurrent challenge in teacher education is how to provide support for preservice teachers (PSTs) to acquire such competencies. Recent trends toward practice-based teacher education support the idea of engaging novice teachers in activities that are purposefully constrained to a core teaching practice. "Ms. Morgan's Interpretation" is an abbreviated instructional case (i.e., a minicase) based on an assessment scenario in which PSTs are asked to attend to student reasoning about representing linear functions. PSTs are asked to judge the mathematical validity of students' explanations as a way of further developing their own MKT. |
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