Analysis Abilities Make their Way into the Classroom: A Study of Pre-service Teacher Learning to Teach Mathematics

At the 2013 Biannual Meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), in Munich, Professor Rossella Santagata and Ph.D student Cathery Yeh presented their paper entitled: Analysis Abilities Make their Way into the Classroom: A Study of Pre-service Teacher Learning to Teach Mathematics.

Abstract: This study investigates pre-service teachers’ learning to teach mathematics in the elementary classroom by comparing a video-enhanced methods course targeting the development of systematic analysis of teaching to a more typical course predominantly focused on strategies for teaching mathematics. Participants in the two courses were compared in terms of their analysis abilities and their teaching quality. The participants in the video- and systematic-analysis course outperformed their counterparts on both measures. These findings shed light on the relationships between professional vision and classroom practices and have implication for the design of math methods courses in the context of teacher preparation.

Translating Thought into Action: How Digital Video Use Benefits Teachers:”Video and Practice-Based Teacher Preparation: Effects on Teaching and Self-Reflection Abilities”

At the 2012 anual conference of the American Educational Research Association, in Vancouver, Professor Rossella Santagata and Ph.D student Cathery Yeh presented their  paper that investigates the use of video as a tool for connecting the knowledge and practice of teaching in mathematics teacher preparation.

http://www.gse.uci.edu/news/2012/aera_trans.php#aera_trans

Investigating Pre-Service Teachers Learning to Learn from Teaching

On April 24th Janette Jovel, Rossella Santagata and Cathery Yeh presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Their study investigated preservice teachers’ development of dispositions, knowledge, and skills for analyzing mathematics teaching in video-based curriculm