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An Analysis of Elementary School Teachers' PCK about N÷0  

Lim, Miin (Graduate School, Seoul National University of Education)
Chang, Hyewon (Seoul National University of Education)
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Journal of Educational Research in Mathematics / v.25, no.4, 2015 , pp. 657-673 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we are interested in the teachers' MCK about '$N{\div}0$' and MPCK in relation to the proper ways to teach it. Even though '$N{\div}0$' is not on the current curriculum and textbooks of elementary school mathematics, a few students sometimes ask a question about it because the division of the form '$a{\div}b$' is dealt in whole number including 0. Teacher's obvious understanding and appropriate guidance based on students' levels can avoid students' error and have positive effects on their subsequent learning. Therefore, we developed an interview form to investigate teachers' MCK about '$N{\div}0$' and MPCK of the proper ways to teach it and carried out individual interviews with 30 elementary school teachers. The results of the analysis of these interviews reveal that some teachers do not have proper MCK about '$N{\div}0$' and many of them have no idea on how to teach their students who are asking about '$N{\div}0$'. Based on our discussion of the results, we suggest some didactical implications.
Keywords
$N{\div}0$; PCK; MCK; MPCK;
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