Strategies for Assessing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Mathematics Content Courses

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dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Cody L.
dc.contributor.authorParrott, Amy
dc.contributor.authorBelnap, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T20:39:05Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T20:39:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractIn their practice, teachers must not only know how to solve mathematics problems; they must also be able to make sense of students’ mathematical thinking, understand the organization and intent of curricular materials, and select contexts to motivate and highlight mathematical ideas. Similarly, mathematics content courses for prospective teachers (PTs) should not only seek to convey mathematical content; they should prepare PTs to use mathematical knowledge in ways that enhance school teaching and learning of the subject. Accordingly, mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) should assess not only the mathematics that PTs know but also whether this mathematical knowledge is organized in ways that are likely to support their teaching. In this article, we present some of the existing research on the assessment of mathematical knowledge for teaching and discuss ways in which MTEs can draw upon the work of elementary school teaching to help assess PTs’ content knowledge and habits of mind. These include assessments that focus on using representations that occur in elementary textbooks, building mathematical arguments, selecting problems to bring out important ideas, and making sense of students’ thinking.
dc.description.departmentMathematics
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dc.format.extent36 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationPatterson, C. L., Parrott, A., & Belnap, J. (2020). Strategies for assessing mathematical knowledge for teaching in mathematics content courses. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 17(2/3), pp. 807–842.
dc.identifier.issn1551-3440
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/10320
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Montana Department of Mathematical Sciences
dc.sourceThe Mathematics Enthusiast, 2020, Vol. 17, No. 2/3, pp. 807–842.
dc.subjectfeedback
dc.subjectpreservice elementary teachers
dc.subjectcontent courses
dc.subjectmathematical practices
dc.subjectnon-traditional assessment
dc.subjectmathematical knowledge for teaching
dc.subjectMathematics
dc.titleStrategies for Assessing Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Mathematics Content Courses
dc.typeArticle

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