One aspect of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching is a teacher’s use of a theoretical foundation to guide instructional decisions, rather than relying on imitation of another teacher or trial and error. Therefore, it is important for teachers to know factors
TUP: Scenario 1
Scenario: John teaching properties of 3-D shapes Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 9 (age 13-14) Contributed by: Anne Thwaites, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other The National Curriculum for mathematics in England includes properties of
TUP: Scenario 2
Scenario: Heidi revising percentages Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 8 (age 12-13) Contributed by: Anne Thwaites, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other The National Curriculum for mathematics in England includes work on fractions, decimals and
AP: Scenario 1
Scenario: Finding three fractions that adds up to one whole Country: Norway Grade (student age): Grade 7 (age 12-13) Contributed by: Ove Gunnar Drageset, University of Tromsoe, Norway Context The teacher has five years teaching experience. The lesson is halfway
AP: Scenario 2
Scenario: Franca solving a story problem with the students. Country: Italy Grade (student age): Year 4 (age 9-10) Contributed by: Marco Bardelli, University of Padova, Italy Context – public primary school, national curriculum The Italian National Curriculum emphasizes the development
AP: Scenario 3
Scenario: Jim teaching construction of bar charts from tally charts Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 6 (age 9-11) Contributed by: Fay Turner, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other Jim was a student teacher in the
Adherence to textbook
Identifying errors
TUP: Scenario 3
Scenario: Amy teaching a lesson about counting Country: UK Grade (student age): Reception/Kindergarten (age 4-5) Contributed by: Fay Turner, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other This lesson took place during the second half of Amy’s first
OSK: Scenario 1
Scenario: Lucy teaching trigonometric ratios Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 10 (age 14-15) Contributed by: Anne Thwaites, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other The National Curriculum for mathematics in England introduces trigonometric relationships in Key