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Dissertation Information for Jason Silverman

NAME:
- Jason Silverman

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Education

SCHOOL:
- Vanderbilt University (USA) (2005)

ADVISORS:
- None

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- None

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected

Title: An investigation of content knowledge for teaching: Understanding its development and its influence on pedagogy

Abstract: This study explores the complex relationship between teachers' understandings of mathematics and their classroom practices. The study details students' engagement in a segment of a university course designed to position pre-service teachers to develop a coherent understanding of functions as covariation of quantities. With regards to this instruction, this study was guided by two research questions that dealt with understanding (a) the pre-service teachers' mathematical development and then (b) how the pre-service teachers' emerging understanding of function as covariation impact how they envision and enact instruction, with particular emphasis on the pre-service teachers' ability to orchestrate conceptual conversations about significant mathematical ideas.

Analyses highlight the fact that one teaches what they know---pre-service teachers' particular understandings of mathematical content have a significant impact on their pedagogical conceptualizations of the content. It is these pedagogical conceptualizations of content and the related images that serve to guide the pre-service teachers' decisions and instructional actions. The study concludes with suggestions for ways in which appropriate pedagogical conceptualizations of the content might be developed.

MPACT Scores for Jason Silverman

A = 0
C = 1
A+C = 1
T = 0
G = 0
W = 0
TD = 0
TA = 0
calculated 2010-09-22 23:31:56

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