The 'Mathematics Problem' and Preservice Post Primary Mathematics Teachers -- Analysing 17 Years of Diagnostic Test Data

Autor/inn/en	Fitzmaurice, Olivia; Walsh, Richard; Burke, Kevin
Titel	The 'Mathematics Problem' and Preservice Post Primary Mathematics Teachers -- Analysing 17 Years of Diagnostic Test Data
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 52 (2021) 2, S.259-281 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2019.1682700
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Preservice Teacher Education; Preservice Teachers; Mathematics Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Knowledge Level; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teacher Competencies; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Mathematics Skills; Diagnostic Tests; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Wissensbasis; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Lehrkunst; Ausland; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Irland
Abstract	In the mathematics education literature, subject matter knowledge is well recognized as the cornerstone of a mathematics teacher's knowledge base. Though the 'Mathematics Problem', the declining standards of students' mathematical abilities upon entering tertiary education, is well documented in many countries, its effect on preservice mathematics teachers has not yet been analyzed to date. Therefore, we analyze 17 years of data (1997-2013) from a mathematics diagnostic test taken by preservice post primary mathematics teachers (n = 365) during their first mathematics class in a teacher training institution. Our analysis shows that the mathematical knowledge of preservice teachers has declined in all of the assessed core areas of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and calculus, with the more recent years of 2007-2013 showing more rapid decline than the years before. In fact, the average-performing preservice teacher in 1997 achieved a higher score than almost all preservice teachers in more recent years. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01