Teacher trainees’ specialized knowledge: solving a problem with division of fractions

Authors

  • Mª Mar Liñán García Centro de Estudios Universitarios Cardenal Spínola CEU
  • Víctor Javier Barrera Castarnado Centro de Estudios Universitarios Cardenal Spínola CEU
  • José Manuel Infante Infante Centro de Estudios Universitarios Cardenal Spínola CEU

Keywords:

Mathematics Teacher’s Specialized Knowledge (MTSK), Knowledge of Topics (KoT), Knowledge of the Practice of Mathematics (KPM), Knowledge of the Structure of Mathematics (KSM), Prospective teachers’ training, divide by fraction, Primary Education

Abstract

We analyse the knowledge, errors and strategies that Prospective Primary Teachers (PPT) use in order to solve a one-step school arithmetic problems at a multiplying structural stage in which division through fractions is used. In an interpretative paradigm, the different actions of the PPT faced with this problem have been tabulated, taking as a reference framework the Mathematics Teachers’ Specialised Knowledge, MTSK. An analysis of the results confirms that there are certain conceptual and procedural weaknesses in division through fractions, although we have found different interpretations to what we expected, but at the same time, correct. New representations which could demonstrate the possible specialisation of their knowledge.

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2018-12-10

How to Cite

Teacher trainees’ specialized knowledge: solving a problem with division of fractions. (2018). Escuela Abierta, 17, 41-63. https://revistascientificas.uspceu.com/EA/article/view/3368