Author Identifier
Vesife Hatisaru: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2101-1764
Olivia Johnston: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3314-9031
Julia Collins: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2462-2650
Wendy Harmon: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5895-4172
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education
First Page
271
Last Page
278
Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.
School
School of Education
RAS ID
71569
Abstract
This paper investigates the expectations that a group of preservice secondary mathematics teachers had for how students would approach four particular algebra problems. Their responses to a set of open-ended items were content analysed. Findings show that the teachers ranged in the expectations that they held for their students. Some teachers expected their students would approach the problems with more sophisticated problem-solving strategies, but many of the teachers expected that the students would only use less desirable “guess-and-check” strategies. We believe teachers’ expectations for student strategies for problem-solving is a topic that warrants further investigation.
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Comments
Hatisaru, V., Johnston, O., Collins, J., Harmon, W. (2024). Teacher expectations of student strategies for algebra problems. Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education (271-278). Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.