First year pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge : methods of solution to a ratio question Livy, Sharyn and Vale, Colleen 2011, First year pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge : methods of solution to a ratio question, Mathematics teacher education and development, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 22-43. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads vale-firstyearpreservice-2011.pdf Published version application/pdf 5.14MB 836 Title First year pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge : methods of solution to a ratio question Author(s) Livy, Sharyn Vale, Colleen orcid.org/0000-0002-9070-7071 Journal name Mathematics teacher education and development Volume number 13 Issue number 2 Start page 22 End page 43 Total pages 22 Publisher MERGA Place of publication Adelaide, S. Aust. Publication date 2011 ISSN 1442-3901 Summary In this article, pre-service teachers' mathematics content knowledge is explored through the analysis of two items about ratio from a Mathematical Competency, Skills and Knowledge Test. Pre-service teachers' thinking strategies, common errors and misconceptions in their responses are presented and discussed. Of particular interest was the range and nature of common incorrect responses for one whole-whole ratio question. Results suggested pre-service teachers had difficulty interpreting a worded multi-step, ratio (scale) question, with errors relating to ratio and/or conversion of measurement knowledge. These difficulties reveal underdeveloped knowledge of mathematical structure and mathematical connections as well as an inability to deconstruct key components of a mathematical problem. Most pre-service teachers also lacked knowledge of standard procedures and methods of solutions. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2011, MERGA Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044057 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 05 Apr 2012, 14:42:15 EST Tue, 22 May 2012, 13:35:35 EST Tue, 22 May 2012, 13:40:14 EST Thu, 12 Jul 2012, 13:28:57 EST Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 12:50:55 EST Tue, 16 Oct 2012, 14:05:53 EST Tue, 28 Jan 2014, 13:35:23 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:36:05 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:30:41 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:50:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1284 Abstract Views, 836 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 05 Apr 2012, 14:42:15 EST