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Developing Preservice Teachers as Learners and Teachers of Math Modeling
Mon, October 27, 4:30 to 5:30pm, Penn Stater Conference Center, Floor: Main Level, Deans HallDescription
The preparation of preservice teachers’ (PSTs’) as learners and teachers of math modeling (MM) is becoming increasingly important. Additionally, MM is a crucial mathematics standard and practice, however, it is a cause of concern for PSTs in teacher preparation programs in the U.S. To support the efforts of PSTs’ to understand MM practices and develop them as learners and teachers of MM, a study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at achieving this goal. The study was conducted during a mathematics methods course, with survey and interview questions to examine the impact of the intervention on developing PSTs to become learners and teachers of MM. The results showed that the PSTs had a significant improvement in their understanding of MM, SMP4, and modeling practices. The findings suggest that modeling-based instruction can be an effective approach to develop PSTs as teachers of MM. These findings have implications for teacher education preparation programs.