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Content Knowledge for Teaching: What Makes It Special?

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In this paper, the authors developed a practice-based theory of content knowledge for teaching built on Shulman's (1986) notion of pedagogical content knowledge and applied it to the problem of teaching.
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This article reports the authors' efforts to develop a practice-based theory of content knowledge for teaching built on Shulman's (1986) notion of pedagogical content knowledge. As the concept of p...

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How Mathematical Disposition and Intellectual Development Influence Teacher Candidates' Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in a Mathematics Course for Elementary School Teachers

TL;DR: FELDHAUS et al. as mentioned in this paper studied the mathematical development in mathematics for elementary school teachers (MEST) courses and examined how their participation in this course influenced the teacher candidates' mathematical knowledge for teaching within the context of their mathematical skills.
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The Importance of Multiple Representations of Mathematical Problems: Evidence from Chinese Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Analysis of a Learning Goal

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a study of how Chinese preservice teachers unpacked a learning goal pertaining to adding fractions and understanding the concepts underlying the operation, based on work in the USA by Morris, Hiebert, and Spizter.
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Horizon Content Knowledge: Shaping MKT for a Continuous Mathematical Education

TL;DR: In this paper, the Horizon Content Knowledge (HCK) framework is proposed as a theoretical response to the knowledge needed for teaching mathematics in a continuous way, particularly relevant during transition to secondary school.

The Impact of Collaboration Between Science and Education Faculty Members on Teaching for Conceptual Change: A Phenomenographic Case Study of a Physics Professor

TL;DR: Stoll et al. as discussed by the authors presented a phenomenographic case study of a senior physics professor during and beyond an extended collaboration with a science education professor from a College of Education, focusing on physics content and the pedagogy of teaching for conceptual change.
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Prospective Early Childhood and Elementary School Mathematics Teachers’ Concept Images and Concept Definitions of Triangles

TL;DR: In this article, a characterization of prospective early childhood teachers' and prospective elementary school mathematics teachers' concept images and concept definitions of triangles through a defining task and an example generation task was presented.
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Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching

TL;DR: In this paper, Shulman observa la historia de evaluaciones docentes, noting that the evaluación docente parecia preocuparse tanto por los conocimientos, como el siglo anterior se preoccupaba por la pedagogia.

CONOCIMIENTO Y ENSEÑANZA: FUNDAMENTOS DE LA NUEVA REFORMA 1 Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform

TL;DR: Lee S. Shulman as mentioned in this paper builds his foundation for teachi ng reform on an idea of teaching that emphasizes comprension and reasoning, transformation and reflection, and argues that this emphasis is justified by the resoluteness with which research and policy have so blatantly ignored those aspects of teaching in the past.
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Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform

TL;DR: Lee S. Shulman as mentioned in this paper builds his foundation for teaching reform on an idea of teaching that emphasizes comprehension and reasoning, transformation and reflection. "This emphasis is justified," he writes,...

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Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

TL;DR: Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years.
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What does content knowledge means?

Content knowledge refers to the understanding and mastery of subject matter that teachers possess.