Useful Knowledge Resources for the Teaching of Proportional Reasoning

• In Event: Mathematics Content, Processes, and Practices Brief Report Session: Proportional Reasoning in Middle Grades

Description for Program

We share our investigation of proportional reasoning knowledge resources used by middle grades teachers in two task-based interviews compared to their performance on the LMT. Based on the findings, we offer suggestions for teaching proportional reasoning to preservice and inservice teachers.

Authors

• Rachael Eriksen Brown, Penn State, Abington

• Travis Weiland, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

• Gal Gili Nagar, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

• Chandra Hawley Orrill, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

• James Patrick Burke, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth