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A Study on Elementary Teachers' Beliefs about Teaching Mathematics  

Kim, Rina (Seoul Mogun Elementary School)
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School Mathematics / v.17, no.4, 2015 , pp. 593-611 More about this Journal
Abstract
Under the assumptions that teachers' beliefs toward mathematics education play a role of a filter between teachers' knowledge and teaching practices, this study surveyed and analyzed elementary teachers' beliefs toward mathematics education: helping students to understand mathematics concepts, addressing students' mathematical misconceptions, engaging students in mathematics classroom, and improving students' mathematical thinking. From the analysis of survey results of the study, I found that there were dominant components in elementary teachers' beliefs system regarding teaching mathematics. In addition, there are some constructs affected by teachers' characteristics such as gender and educational backgrounds. In this study, I presented a representative model of elementary teachers' beliefs system toward mathematics education.
Keywords
mathematics; teachers' beliefs; elementary mathematics education; teacher education;
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