Mathematical Thinking: Challenging Prospective Teachers to Do More than "Talk the Talk"

Mark Prendergast; Patrick Johnson; Olivia Fitzmaurice; Miriam Liston; Lisa O'Keeffe; Niamh O'Meara

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology Vol. 45, No. 5 (2014) pp. 635–647

This paper reports on a research project which aims to improve prospective mathematics teachers' relational understanding and pedagogical beliefs for teaching in second-level Irish classrooms. Prospective mathematics teachers complete their...