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Impact of Designed Task-Based Interventions on K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Ability to Solve Measurement Unit Conversion Problems

Impact of Designed Task-Based Interventions on K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge and Ability to Solve Measurement Unit Conversion Problems

Converting two-dimensional measurement units presents challenges for K-8 preservice teachers (PSTs) (e.g., 9 ft2 = __ yd2). Place value deficiency, lack of understanding of metric system measurement units, misconceptions about relationships between measurement units, and uncertain knowledge of ratios have been identified as causes of student error in one-dimensional analysis …