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- Title
The Development of an Instrument to Measure Preservice Teachers' Attitudes about Discourse in the Mathematics Classroom.
- Authors
Casa, Tutita M.; McGivney‐Burelle, Jean; DeFranco, Thomas C.
- Abstract
This study explored the themes that comprise preservice teachers' attitudes regarding discourse in the K-12 mathematics classroom. The initial development of the theory underlying preservice teachers 'attitudes regarding mathematical discourse is documented through the development of a 5-point Likert instrument. Analysis of the Preservice Teachers' Attitudes About Discourse in the Mathematics Classroom (PADM) Instrument (N = 2 77) resulted in three reliable factors: Promoting Mathematical Reasoning (α1 = .85), Examining Complex Mathematical Concepts (α2 = .81), and Valuing Students 'Mathematical Ideas (α3 = .85). These results suggest a framework that mathematics educators can employ to address preservice teachers' attitudes regarding discourse in an effort to support their implementation of reform-based discourse in the teaching of mathematics in their future classrooms.
- Subjects
MATHEMATICS education; EDUCATION; TEACHER attitudes; ATTITUDE (Psychology); EDUCATORS; CURRICULUM
- Publication
School Science & Mathematics, 2007, Vol 107, Issue 2, p70
- ISSN
0036-6803
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1949-8594.2007.tb17770.x