Prospective Elementary School Teachers' Conception on Good Mathematics Instruction

Adapting math instruction to support prospective elementary teachers

Purpose – Elementary teachers‘ understanding of mathematics is a significant contributor to student success with mathematics. Consequently, teacher educators are frequently charged with the responsibility of supporting the development of prospective elementary teachers‘ mathematics content knowledge as they re-learn concepts in ways they are required to teach. The purpose of this paper is to de...

Prototyping Augmented Reality With Elementary Mathematics Teachers

In recent years, augmented reality (AR) applications for children’s entertainment have been gaining popularity, and educational organizations are increasingly interested in applying this technology to children’s educational games. In this paper we describe an effective process of collaboration between teachers and game designers, in order to explore educational game ideas for AR technology. Thi...

Running Head: EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICS COURSES Effects of Mathematics Courses on Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Learning Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching

Differences between Canadian and Lebanese Pre-service Elementary Teachers on Their Conception of How Children Learn Mathematics

This study explores four-year elementary education students’ understanding of how children learn mathematics through the use of concept maps. Thirteen Canadian and 9 students from Lebanon participated in the study. Over a two-week period students were asked to reflect on how children learn mathematics. The Lebanese students were prone to produce conceptual structures that were more teacher-cent...

Preservice Primary School Teachers’ Elementary Geometry Knowledge

Geometrical notions and properties occur in real-world problems, thus Geometry has an important place in school Mathematics curricula. Primary school curricula lays the foundation of Geometry knowledge, pupils learn Geometry notions and properties by exploring their environment. Thus it is very important that primary school teachers have a good base in elementary Geometry. The aim of this paper...