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Title: Investigating mathematics graduate students' growth as teachers: The unique case of Emma
The need for research-based professional development programs for mathematics graduate students is significant, yet few studies have investigated their development as teachers. This study aims to fill this gap in the research by studying mathematics graduate students’ experiences with teaching as they progress through their graduate programs. Participants responded to surveys and were interviewed semi-annually for two or more years. We analyzed their responses using thematic analysis and a framework that captured their development as teachers. In this report, we describe the developmental stages for teaching and context and methods of the study. We present general findings on the experiences that mathematics graduate students did not move past a certain developmental stage and we present specific findings about one mathematics graduate student who experienced significant growth in her teaching.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1744139
PAR ID:
10207691
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Editor(s):
Otten, S.
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Page Range / eLocation ID:
584-588
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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