Teachers' Explanations of Learners' Errors in Standardised Mathematics Assessments
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| Title: | Teachers' Explanations of Learners' Errors in Standardised Mathematics Assessments |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shalem, Yael, Sapire, Ingrid, Sorto, M. Alejandra |
| Source: | Pythagoras. 2014 35(1). |
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| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Error Patterns, Standardized Tests, Mathematics Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluative Thinking, Mathematics Teachers, Usability, Answer Keys |
| ISSN: | 1012-2346 |
| Abstract: | With the increased use of standardised mathematics assessments at the classroom level, teachers are encouraged, and sometimes required, to use data from these assessments to inform their practice. As a consequence, teacher educators and researchers are starting to focus on the development of analytical tools that will help them determine how teachers interpret learners' work, in particular learners' errors in the context of standardised and other assessments. To detect variation and associations between and within the different aspects of teacher knowledge related to mathematical error analysis, we developed an instrument with six criteria based on aspects of teachers' knowledge related to explaining and diagnosing learners' errors. In this study we provide evidence of the usability of the criteria by coding 572 explanations given by groups of mathematics educators (teachers and district officials) in a professional development context. The findings consist of observable trends and associations between the different criteria that describe the nature of teachers' explanations of learners' errors. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1209456 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | With the increased use of standardised mathematics assessments at the classroom level, teachers are encouraged, and sometimes required, to use data from these assessments to inform their practice. As a consequence, teacher educators and researchers are starting to focus on the development of analytical tools that will help them determine how teachers interpret learners' work, in particular learners' errors in the context of standardised and other assessments. To detect variation and associations between and within the different aspects of teacher knowledge related to mathematical error analysis, we developed an instrument with six criteria based on aspects of teachers' knowledge related to explaining and diagnosing learners' errors. In this study we provide evidence of the usability of the criteria by coding 572 explanations given by groups of mathematics educators (teachers and district officials) in a professional development context. The findings consist of observable trends and associations between the different criteria that describe the nature of teachers' explanations of learners' errors. |
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| ISSN: | 1012-2346 |
