Pre-service elementary teachers’ reasoning in introducing multidigit subtraction

Verzosa, Debbie Marie

doi:10.1080/0020739x.2019.1647573

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“…Despite the long history of reform education in mathematics, rote learning and low-level thinking are still prevalent in mathematics classrooms in many countries (Cox, 2015;Nag et al, 2014). Teachers struggle to teach mathematical concepts meaningfully and instead resort to explicating procedures disconnected from important elementary school concepts such as place value or number magnitude (Verzosa, 2020). Traditional instruction focuses on teaching rules rather than on promoting critical thinking or problem solving, which are the twin goals of Philippine mathematics education (Department of Education, 2016).…”

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Using Mobile Technology to Promote Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Elementary Mathematics

Versoza¹,

Peñas²,

Sarmiento³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the International Conferences Mobile Learning 2021 (ML 2021) and Educational Technologies 2021 (ICEduTech 2021)

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The problem of rote-based learning in mathematics is well documented. Mobile technology can provide a potential solution, especially when application (app) design is based on sound pedagogical principles and gamification elements. However, an inventory of available mobile apps for mathematics reveals that many of the available apps are guided by a behaviorist perspective that favors repetition over meaningful learning. This paper reports on the design of mobile mathematics apps that harness gamification techniques to promote higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) even in basic elementary school concepts such as number comparison, and addition and subtraction. The integration of these apps in the classroom is also discussed.

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Using Mobile Technology to Promote Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Elementary Mathematics

Versoza¹,

Peñas²,

Sarmiento³

et al. 2021

Proceedings of the International Conferences Mobile Learning 2021 (ML 2021) and Educational Technologies 2021 (ICEduTech 2021)

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Community Math Stations as a Learning Opportunity for Preservice Teachers

Verzosa¹

2020

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Elementary pre-service teachers’ horizon knowledge for teaching addition and subtraction: An analysis of video presentations

Wang

Flores

et al. 2023

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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Horizon mathematics knowledge, i.e., teachers’ understanding of how various mathematical topics are interrelated, can help mathematics teachers organize the discrete parts of mathematical content to develop coherent teaching lessons. For example, when teaching whole number addition and subtraction, connections to concepts such as base-10 concepts and the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction could help students solve the addition and subtraction problem better. Thus, teacher training programs have been increasingly promoting this knowledge among pre-service teachers (PSTs) to help them enhance their teaching skills and better prepare them for future teaching. However, little is known about what kind of horizontal knowledge PSTs have developed and how well they utilize it in their teachings. By analyzing video presentations of 43 elementary PSTs, this study examined their horizon mathematics knowledge related to backward and forward conceptual connections of whole number addition and subtraction concepts. The findings revealed that PSTs tend to make connections with previously learned mathematics concepts (i.e., backward conceptual connections) but pay relatively less attention to connecting with other relevant mathematics concepts students will learn in future grades (i.e., forward conceptual connections). In addition, the findings showed that PSTs displayed various types of inaccuracies when connecting base-10 place value and regrouping. These findings offer important insights for teacher training programs to adapt their mathematic method courses to help PSTs improve their horizontal knowledge and proactively address inaccuracies observed in the present study.

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Pre-service elementary teachers’ reasoning in introducing multidigit subtraction

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Using Mobile Technology to Promote Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Elementary Mathematics

Using Mobile Technology to Promote Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Elementary Mathematics

Community Math Stations as a Learning Opportunity for Preservice Teachers

Elementary pre-service teachers’ horizon knowledge for teaching addition and subtraction: An analysis of video presentations

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