Learning About Modeling in Teacher Preparation Programs

Authors

Hyunyi Jung, Marquette UniversityFollow
Eryn Stehr, Michigan State UniversityFollow
Jia He, Utah Valley UniversityFollow
Sharon L. Senk, Michigan State University

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

2016

Publisher

University of Arizona

Source Publication

Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Source ISSN

978-0-692-62876-8

Abstract

This study explores opportunities that secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs provide to learn about modeling in algebra. Forty-eight course instructors and ten focus groups at five universities were interviewed to answer questions related to modeling. With the analysis of the interview transcripts and related course materials, we found few opportunities for PSTs to engage with the full modeling cycle. Examples of opportunities to learn about algebraic modeling and the participants’ perspectives on the opportunities can contribute to the study of modeling and algebra in teacher education.

Comments

Published version. Published as part of Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2016: 676-679. Permalink. © 2016 The Authors. Used with permission.

Hyunyi Jung was affiliated with Calvin College at the time of publication.

Recommended Citation

Jung, Hyunyi; Stehr, Eryn; He, Jia; and Senk, Sharon L., "Learning About Modeling in Teacher Preparation Programs" (2016). Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications. 507.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mscs_fac/507