Preliminary Measures of Secondary Teachers' Mathematics Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Abstract
"The Math TLC offers opportunities for current math teachers, including teachers from rural areas, to participate in (1) a distance delivered master's degree program in mathematics for secondary teachers and/or (2) a mathematics Teacher Leadership program for teachers and district personnel in grades 4-12. Among project goals is enriching participants' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). Building on the Learning Mathematics for Teaching project (for K-8 teachers) and earlier work among secondary teachers by the PIs, we are developing written and observational measures of PCK. In this session, we offer epitomizing examples from the instruments, early results from their use pre/post program, and solicit feedback. The focus for the session is the PCK grounded in teachers' anticipations about student thinking."
