Article
Relationships among features of pre-service teachers’ algebraic thinking
Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology in Mathematics Education
(2011)
Abstract
In this study we examined 18 pre-service middle school teachers’ ability to use algebraic thinking to solve problems. The data revealed that pre-service teachers’ AT abilities varied across different features of the algebraic habit of mind Building Rules to Represent Functions, and that significant correlations existed between 8 pairs of the features. The ability to justify a rule was the weakest of seven AT features, and it was correlated with the ability to predict patterns and the ability to chunk information. Implications for mathematics teacher education are discussed.
Disciplines
Publication Date
July, 2011
DOI
9789754292626
Citation Information
Magiera, M. T., van den Kieboom, L.A., & Moyer, J. C. (2011). Relationships among features of pre-service teachers’ algebraic thinking. Ed. B. Ubuz. Ankara: Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology in Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp.169-176