Males, L.M., & Setniker, A. (2019). Planning with curriculum materials: Interactions between prospective secondary mathematics teachers’ attention, interpretations and responses. International Journal of Educational Research, 93, 153-167.
This study analyzes the responses of 12 secondary pre-service teachers on two tasks focused on reasoning when solving linear equations. By documenting the choices PSTs made while engaging in these tasks, we gain insight into how new teachers work mathematically, reason algebraically, communicate their thinking, and make pedagogical decisions. We will share qualitative results from our examination of teacher knowledge through pre-service teachers’ explanations, models, language, and conjectures about student thinking.