An Investigation of the Questions Prepared by Pre-Service Middle School Mathematics Teachers on Fraction Concept

Nurbanu YILMAZ; İlhan KARATAŞ

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An Investigation of the Questions Prepared by Pre-Service Middle School Mathematics Teachers on Fraction Concept

Authors:

Nurbanu YILMAZ | İlhan KARATAŞ

Publisher:

Ercan MASAL

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

International Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics 2018 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.1-10

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000458429

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2148-5984

Abstract:

 


Knowledge of assessment is
considered as a dimension for professional knowledge of teachers (Magnusson,
Krajcik, & Borko, 1999) since assessment and measurement of teachers’
knowledge is vital for quality issues in education. For this reason, the
questions prepared by pre-service elementary mathematics teachers on fractions
were investigated in the current study in order to observe pre-service
elementary mathematics teachers’ knowledge of assessment in mathematics
education based on fraction concept. By investigating the questions prepared by
pre-service teachers, the quality of questions and the competency of teachers
for preparing appropriate questions based on particular objectives were
evaluated. 34 pre-service middle school mathematics teachers (3rd
grade) were participated to the study. Case study design was employed and data
was analyzed by the use of qualitative data analyses techniques. The tasks were
investigated under three categories, knowing, applying, and reasoning based on
cognitive domain framework (Mullis & Martin, 2013). Results show that
pre-service teachers prepared traditional tasks in general. That is, the
questions included routine mathematical operations and procedures. Therefore,
they were classified to knowing and applying categories. In general, routine
mathematical tasks were preferred by pre-service teachers rather than
non-routine mathematical tasks which require reasoning level abilities. 


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Article Details

An Investigation of the Questions Prepared by Pre-Service Middle School Mathematics Teachers on Fraction Concept

Authors: Nurbanu YILMAZ | İlhan KARATAŞ

Publisher: Ercan MASAL

Main Topics: Education

Journal: International Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics 2018 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.1-10

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000458429

Frequency: Quarterly

eISSN: 2148-5984

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Authors:

Nurbanu YILMAZ | İlhan KARATAŞ

Publisher:

Ercan MASAL

Main Topics:

Education

Journal:

International Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics 2018 Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.1-10

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000458429

Frequency:

Quarterly

eISSN:

2148-5984