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  • (2020). Real-time coaching with secondary preservice teachers: The practices of mathematics teacher educators., Mexico (pp. 1567-1571). Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA. https: /doi.org/10.51272 / pmena.42.2020-246.
Title: (2020). Real-time coaching with secondary preservice teachers: The practices of mathematics teacher educators., Mexico (pp. 1567-1571). Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA. https: /doi.org/10.51272 / pmena.42.2020-246.
We examined the coaching practices of three mathematics teacher educators as they engaged in real-time coaching with secondary mathematics preservice teachers. Situated in a novel early field experience and under close supervision, preservice teachers instructed undergraduate students in an introductory mathematics course; teacher educators coached in real time during these teaching episodes. Forty-four preservice teachers participated in this study, resulting in a data corpus of 44 videos of their teaching. Findings indicate that direct coaching was used more than indirect coaching, and pacing was the most prevalent focus of direct coaching.  more » « less
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1725920
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10282974
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Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings of the 42nd Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
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National Science Foundation
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