Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context

Siyu Zuo; Lizhe Liu; Chunxia Qi

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Siyu Zuo ¹ , Lizhe Liu ¹ , Chunxia Qi ¹ ^*

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¹ Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, CHINA^* Corresponding Author

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Teacher education should foster teachers’ competencies in teaching mathematical modelling since it is a demanding task. Mathematical modelling requires spontaneous reactions, which are related to the core of teachers’ competencies–teacher noticing. The study designed a video-based course to develop these competencies in the context of mathematical modelling. The findings revealed a noticeable improvement in their noticing competencies after participating in the semester-long course. In particular, pre-service teachers’ topical focus shifted towards modelling thinking and pedagogy. They made significantly more interpretive comments and used significantly more task-dimensional knowledge for teaching mathematical modelling to reason about events. These results appear to support the viability of using video for this purpose.

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mathematical modelling
pre-service teachers
teacher education
teacher noticing
video-based course

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 2024, Article No: em2441

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Zuo, S., Liu, L., & Qi, C. (2024). Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(5), em2441. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14466

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Zuo S, Liu L, Qi C. Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2024;20(5):em2441. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14466

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Zuo, Siyu, Lizhe Liu, and Chunxia Qi. "Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2024 20 no. 5 (2024): em2441. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14466

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Zuo, S., Liu, L., and Qi, C. (2024). Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 20(5), em2441. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14466

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Zuo, Siyu et al. "Using video to develop pre-service teachers’ noticing within a mathematical modelling context". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 20, no. 5, 2024, em2441. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/14466