Minding your Ps and Cs: subjecting knowledge to the practicalities of teaching geometry and probability
Minding your Ps and Cs: subjecting knowledge to the practicalities of teaching geometry and probability
The review of the implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy by Ofsted (Nov. 2003) has highlighted weak subject knowledge as a consistent feature in unsatisfactory teaching. This study looks at the subject knowledge of generalist primary trainees in the areas of geometry and probability and their ability to apply their knowledge to problem solving tasks. The study goes on the raise the question, ‘is a profound understanding of fundamental mathematics (PUFM) (Ma, 1999) possible in generalist teachers?’
mathematics, education, geometry, elementary, teacher training, pedagogy, curriculum, teacher, teachers, geometric, geometrical, teaching, learning
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Mooney, Claire
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Fletcher, Mike
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Jones, Keith
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2003
Mooney, Claire
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Fletcher, Mike
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Jones, Keith
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Mooney, Claire, Fletcher, Mike and Jones, Keith
(2003)
Minding your Ps and Cs: subjecting knowledge to the practicalities of teaching geometry and probability.
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 23 (3), .
Abstract
The review of the implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy by Ofsted (Nov. 2003) has highlighted weak subject knowledge as a consistent feature in unsatisfactory teaching. This study looks at the subject knowledge of generalist primary trainees in the areas of geometry and probability and their ability to apply their knowledge to problem solving tasks. The study goes on the raise the question, ‘is a profound understanding of fundamental mathematics (PUFM) (Ma, 1999) possible in generalist teachers?’
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Published date: 2003
Keywords:
mathematics, education, geometry, elementary, teacher training, pedagogy, curriculum, teacher, teachers, geometric, geometrical, teaching, learning
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Mathematics, Science & Health Education
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Local EPrints ID: 12653
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/12653
ISSN: 1463-6840
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Claire Mooney
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Mike Fletcher
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