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Troubling "understanding mathematics-in-depth": Its role in the identity work of student-teachers in England [PDF]

, 2013
Copyright @ The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.comThis article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.In this paper, we focus on an initiative in England devised to prepare non ...
Adler, Jill, Mendick, Heather, Hossain, Sarmin, Sarmin Hossain, Hossain, S, Mendick, H, Adler, J, Heather Mendick, Jill Adler   +8 more
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Pre-service teachers’ use of the jump strategy on the empty number line for mental computation

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: South African teachers’ mathematical knowledge for teaching and number sense are markedly low, evidenced in national and international research.
Tarryn S. Lovemore, Mellony Graven
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Implementation fidelity and its impact on the success of intervention programmes: The case of two mental starters projects

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: In response to persistent challenges in early grade mathematics achievement in South Africa, two intervention projects – Base-Ten Thinking (BTT) and the Mental Starters Assessment Project (MSAP) – were implemented to enhance number sense ...
Anthony A. Essien, Sameera Hansa, Kate Sehowa, Shemunyenge T. Hamukwaya   +3 more
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Constructing mental diagrams during problem-solving in mathematics

Pythagoras, 2021
In mathematics, problem-solving can be considered to be one of the most important skills students need to develop, because it allows them to deal with increasingly intricate mathematical and real-life issues.
Vimolan Mudaly
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Mental mathematics knowledge for teaching of ‘high gain’ pre-service teachers

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: Initial teacher education (ITE) research in South Africa shows gaps in pre-service teachers’ (PSTs) primary mathematics knowledge. Aim: We study the mental mathematics understandings and teaching experiences of three PSTs who achieved high ...
Hamsa Venkat, Corin D. Mathews
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DEVELOPING PROOF-BASED LEARNING USING APOS THEORY APPROACH IN EXPONENTIAL FOR ENHANCING STUDENTS’ REASONING ABILITY

Aksioma: Jurnal Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, 2022
Proof-based learning is learning mathematics through proof and proving to strengthen students' concepts. The use of APOS theory (Action, Process, Object, and Schema) aims to describe students' mental structures summarized in Hypothetical Learning ...
Leonardo Jonathan Shinariko, Yusuf Hartono, Darmawijoyo Darmawijoyo   +2 more
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Analysing pre-service teachers’ multimodal and Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Teaching of calculation strategies

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: South African pre-service teachers (PSTs) mostly learn to teach mathematics in English, yet are expected to teach learners bilingually, including their mother tongue, considering the introduction of Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual Education ...
Tarryn Lovemore, Mellony Graven
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Exploring insights from initial teacher educators’ reflections on the Mental Starters Assessment Project

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: The Mental Starters Assessment Project (MSAP) seeks to address poor performance in Grade 3 mathematics. The programme focusses on eliminating inefficient counting methods and promoting strategic mathematical skills, including numerical sense,
Rosemary D.L. Brien, Sharon M. Mc Auliffe   +1 more
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Using games to develop number sense in early grade maths clubs

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: South African learners face the double disadvantage of living in low socio-economic conditions with access to few resources and attending schools with challenging learning conditions.
Lynn H. Bowie, Mellony H. Graven
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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell, Cassy Ross, Panagiota S. Filippou, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Dominic Gilchrist, Paul Dean, Kamar Ameen‐Ali, Tora K. Smulders‐Srinivasan, Ahmad A. Khundakar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source