Proportional Reasoning: Student Knowledge and Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Title
Proportional Reasoning: Student Knowledge and Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Publication Date
2008
Author(s)
Watson, Jane
Callingham, Rosemary Anne
Donne, Julie
Editor
Editor(s): Merrilyn Goos, Ray Brown and Katie Makar
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Place of publication
Brisbane, Australia
UNE publication id
une:10501
Abstract
This report considers the responses of 1205 students to two chance and data problems involving proportional reasoning and the interventions suggested by 44 teachers for four typical incomplete or inappropriate student responses. Students' responses reflect the relative difficulty of the two items, whereas the teachers' suggested interventions display a wide range of pedagogical content knowledge, including aspects of content knowledge and knowledge of students as learners. Rubrics are provided for both students' and teachers' responses and analysis supports the view that teachers find it difficult to assist students without directly telling them the answer. Suggestions are made for assisting teachers to improve feedback for students.
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Citation
Navigating Currents and Charting Directions: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, v.2, p. 563-571
ISBN
9781920846176
9781920846183
Start page
563
End page
571

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