Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
PHD - Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Education
Abstract
This study examines how elementary school teachers learned to teach mathematics during their pre-service education and during their first few years of teaching. The study identifies those experiences teachers found to be most significant in their development as mathematics teachers. All seven teachers in this study had been taught using procedural methods and each had to find a way to integrate conceptual mathematics education into their own understanding. The study examines the teachers' motivations for pursuing this understanding and the circumstances that provided opportunities to do so.
Language
English
Number of Pages
382
Embargo Period
6-8-2017
Recommended Citation
Kirschner, Phyllis Schneider, "How Elementary School Teachers Learn to Teach Mathematics" (2002). Educational Studies Dissertations. 84.
https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/education_dissertations/84
Included in
Elementary Education Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons
Rights
The author owns the copyright to this work.
