Preservice Teachers’ Coordination of Ratio Constructs Within a Rational Number Task

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

Description for Program

This research study investigated solution strategies implemented by preservice teachers in a problem-solving ratio situation. Valid and non-valid strategies in the context of proportional reasoning, ratio constructs, covariation, invariance, symbolism, and part-part-whole understanding will be shared.

Authors

• Jaclyn Murawska, Saint Xavier University

• Helen Adi Khoury, Northern Illinois University