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Mathematics Teaching Assistants' Reflections on Their First Year Teaching

Cardoso, Alexandre Miranda
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403525638

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2014, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Mathematics/Mathematics (Pure).
Mathematics teaching assistants (MTAs) play a critical role in the instruction of undergraduate mathematics students and may go on to become faculty members. Although the literature addressing teaching and learning of mathematics at the K-12 level is extensive, very little is known about MTAs' teaching practices, beliefs, challenges, and understandings of mathematics and teaching. The two major goals of this study were to better understand how MTAs, who were in their first year teaching expressed mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT) and pedagogical successes and shortcomings in reflecting on their teaching practices. We coded and analyzed the weekly reflections of 21 participants for five distinct MKT categories and twenty-three pedagogical themes across the reflections. This study presents an initial investigation of mathematical knowledge for teaching at the collegiate level, has professional development implications, and suggestions for future research into this topic.
Kimberly Rogers, PhD (Advisor)
James Albert, PhD (Committee Member)
David Meel, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.
Mathematics Education
mathematics teaching assistants; mathematical knowledge for teaching; subject matter knowledge; pedagogical knowledge for teaching; knowledge of content and students; knowledge of content and teaching; knowledge of curriculum

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  • Cardoso, A. M. (2014). Mathematics Teaching Assistants' Reflections on Their First Year Teaching [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403525638

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cardoso, Alexandre. Mathematics Teaching Assistants' Reflections on Their First Year Teaching. 2014. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403525638.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cardoso, Alexandre. "Mathematics Teaching Assistants' Reflections on Their First Year Teaching." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1403525638

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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