Preservice teachers’ adaptive teaching of fractions: A vignette-based experimental study

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Abstract

Adaptive teaching is necessary to support students individually. Adaptive teaching considers students’ individual needs (student focus) and is directed towards a specific learning goal (goal focus). Research has not systematically explored the role of student focus and goal focus in (pre-service) teachers’ adaptive teaching practices. We used text-based vignettes to investigate to what extent N = 48 pre-service mathematics teachers selected adaptive teacher responses (those with high student and goal focus) to incorrect student solutions on fraction problems. Participants chose the most adaptive response in only about half of the vignettes. There were large individual differences between participants. Our study contributes to a better understanding of pre-teachers’ abilities and provides some guidance for teacher education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
EditorsMichal Ayalon, Boris Koichu, Roza Leikin, Laurie Rubel, Michal Tabach
PublisherPsychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Pages99-106
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9789659311224
StatePublished - 2023
Event46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023 - Haifa, Israel
Duration: 16 Jul 202221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume2
ISSN (Print)0771-100X
ISSN (Electronic)2790-3648

Conference

Conference46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityHaifa
Period16/07/2221/07/22

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