Examining Middle School Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge of Fraction Division Interpretations

Autor/in	Alenazi, Ali
Titel	Examining Middle School Pre-Service Teachers' Knowledge of Fraction Division Interpretations
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 47 (2016) 5, S.696-716 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2015.1083127
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Numeracy; Knowledge Level; Fractions; Arithmetic; Mathematical Formulas; Teacher Education Programs; Problem Solving; Mathematics Skills; Computation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Rechenkompetenz; Wissensbasis; Bruchrechnung; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Mathematische Formel; Problemlösen; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz
Abstract	This study investigated 11 pre-service middle school teachers' solution strategies for exploring their knowledge of fraction division interpretations. Each participant solved six fraction division problems. The problems were organized into two sets: symbolic problems (involving numbers only) and contextual problems (involving measurement interpretation and the determination of unit rate interpretation). Results showed that most of the participants exhibited a great amount of procedural knowledge as they applied algorithms to obtain the correct answers to the symbolic problems. They also exhibited a great amount of conceptual understanding of how and why they obtained the correct answers to the contextual problems. However, the pre-service middle school teachers neither provided interpretations to the symbolic problems nor accepted that the contextual problems involved fraction division operation. The results suggest that the measurement and rate concepts were often unlinked to fraction division. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01