Prospective Middle School Mathematics Teachers’ Mathematical Communication, Mathematical and Pedagogical Knowledge
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The purpose of this study was to investigate prospective teachers’ mathematical
communication and to explore whether there was a relationship between their forms of
communication and mathematical and pedagogical knowledge. Data was collected through
clinical interviews. Data related to participants’ interviews was analyzed by focal and
preoccupational analysis and data related to researchers’ interviews was analyzed by content
analysis. According to the findings the participant communicated effectively had strong
algebraic thinking skill and her pedagogical explanations were based on her own mathematical
understanding. The participant communicated ineffectively had poor algebraic thinking skill
and her pedagogical explanations were based on external sources.
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