Mathematics

Complementary Assessments of Prospective Teachers’ Skill with Eliciting Student Thinking

As teacher education shifts to focus on teaching beginners to do the work of teaching, assessments need to shift to focus on assessing practice. We focus on one teaching practice, eliciting student thinking, in the context of elementary mathematics. We describe assessments in two contexts (field and simulation). For each assessment, we describe the eliciting of three prospective teachers what could be seen about the skills of group of prospective teachers (N = 44).

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Meghan Shaughnessy

Timothy A. Boerst

Susanna Owens Farmer

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Year
2019
Short Description

This article reports on how three prospective teachers had differing opportunities to demonstrate their skills in the context of the field assessment, but similar opportunities in the context of the simulation assessment.

Complementary Assessments of Prospective Teachers’ Skill with Eliciting Student Thinking

As teacher education shifts to focus on teaching beginners to do the work of teaching, assessments need to shift to focus on assessing practice. We focus on one teaching practice, eliciting student thinking, in the context of elementary mathematics. We describe assessments in two contexts (field and simulation). For each assessment, we describe the eliciting of three prospective teachers what could be seen about the skills of group of prospective teachers (N = 44).

Author/Presenter

Meghan Shaughnessy

Timothy A. Boerst

Susanna Owens Farmer

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2019
Short Description

This article reports on how three prospective teachers had differing opportunities to demonstrate their skills in the context of the field assessment, but similar opportunities in the context of the simulation assessment.

Research Council on Mathematics Learning 2020 RCML Annual Conference; Las Vegas, NV

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To learn more, visit https://www.rcml-math.org/rcml-conference-2020.

DRK-12 Presenters:

  • Christina Austin, Jennifer Heisler, Karl Kosko, and Maryam Zolfaghari, Kent State University
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2020 NCTM Conference & Exposition; Tampa, FL - VIRTUAL

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference will be held virtually.

To learn more, visit https://www.nctm.org/virtual2020/.

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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2020 NCTM Research Conference; St. Louis, MO - RESCHEDULED

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this conference⁠—originally scheduled for October 19-21, 2020⁠—has been rescheduled.

To learn more, visit https://www.nctm.org/Conferences-and-Professional-Development/Research-…

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