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Preservice Teacher Learning to Help ELS Understand Mathematical Problems
Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
  • Ji Yeong I, Iowa State University
  • Ricardo Martinez, Iowa State University
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Conference
38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Conference Title
38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Conference Date
November 3–6, 2016
Geolocation
(32.2217429, -110.92647899999997)
Abstract

There is a common belief that teachers do not need to differentiate their instruction for English Learners (ELs) and that helping ELs adjust in school culture is not a teacher’s responsbility (Walker, Shafer, & Liams, 2004). This belief is due to their lack of proper training to teach ELs, as statistics show only 13% of teachers are adequately prepared to teach ELs while more than 40% of teachers have ELs in their classrooms (NCES, 2002). Responding to the great need for an adequate teacher preparation for EL in mathematics education, this study was designed to investigate preservice teacher (PSTs) learning to help ELs understand mathematics.

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This paper is from Wood, M. B., Turner, E. E., Civil, M., & Eli, J. A. (Eds.). (2016). Proceedings of the 38th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona.

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The authors
Language
en
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application/pdf
Citation Information
Ji Yeong I and Ricardo Martinez. "Preservice Teacher Learning to Help ELS Understand Mathematical Problems" Tucson, AZ, United StatesProceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2016) p. 941 - 941
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jiyeong-i/9/