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Title: The UTE model: Developing pre-service teachers’ visions of high-quality mathematics instruction.
The University Teaching Experience (UTE) model is a field experience where secondary mathematics PSTs teach in a first-year undergraduate mathematics course coinciding with their first methods course (Bieda et al., Accepted). Teacher educators mentor PSTs in planning and teaching in the UTE, supporting PSTs to enact ambitious teaching practices early in teacher preparation. We report results of our assessment of PSTs’ vision for high-quality mathematics instruction (VHQMI) at the outset of the UTE, which inform mentoring of PSTs during the UTE.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1725910
PAR ID:
10171878
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the 41st annual conference for the North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1376
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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