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Supporting Elementary Mathematics Teacher Candidates' Use of Divergent Formative Assessment

Supporting Elementary Mathematics Teacher Candidates' Use of Divergent Formative Assessment
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Author(s): Crystal Anne Kalinec-Craig (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA), Priya V. Prasad (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)and Raquel Vallines Mira (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 28
Source title: Handbook of Research on Formative Assessment in Pre-K Through Elementary Classrooms
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Christie Martin (University of South Carolina, USA), Drew Polly (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)and Richard Lambert (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0323-2.ch012

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors consider the purposeful design of two mathematics content courses (Content 1 and Content II) and one methods course (Methods) as a means of helping teacher candidates (TCs) learn about divergent formative assessment (DFA), which seeks to explore what students understand rather than only if they understand a concept or skill. The authors leverage the research of groupworthy tasks and the Rights of the Learner to describe three tasks they use to help TCs learn mathematics through problem-solving and to learn to teach through problem-solving. The chapter outlines three commonalities across the courses: 1) Shifting from implicit to explicit and informal to formal practices of DFA that reflects teaching through problem-solving; 2) Using DFAs to transition TCs' identities from learners to teacher-learners; and 3) Supporting TCs' self-assessment through DFAs in multiple ways.

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