Colombian pre-service mathematics teachers’ knowledge and didactic suitability in the context of the measurement

Abstract

The research aim was to identify the didactic suitability criteria that emerge from the practice of pre-service mathematics teachers (PMTs) when they develop a workshop on measurement. The study was based on the theory of didactic suitability. The methodology was qualitative, developed in four stages: (1) a questionnaire was designed consisting of items related to concepts of the measure; (2) the participants, PMTs, were selected; (3) development of a workshop in which a questionnaire-based task is implemented to collect data within the context of participant observation, and (4) the data were analyzed based on the theoretical foundation and didactic suitability indicators were proposed to teach the measure. The results show the importance of agreeing on criteria and components and establishing indicators of didactic suitability specifically in terms of cognitive, epistemic, interactional, mediational, affective, and ecological.

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• Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education - View - PDF