Abstract
This study is the part of a larger study on investigating Hong Kong (HK) prospective teachers’ (PTs) Subject Matter Knowledge (SMK) and Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). In this paper, five HK PTs’ SMK and PCK on teaching one topic regarding square root were investigated. The results suggest that insufficient understanding on the concept of algebraic operation is the major obstacle to limit those student teachers from teaching students with mathematical understanding. The results further echo with the viewpoint that SMK and PCK are two interrelated constructs and rich SMK leads to high quality of PCK. Copyright © 2014 left to the authors.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the 36th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education |
| Editors | Peter LILJEDAHL, Cynthia NICOL , Susan OESTERLE, Darian ALLAN |
| Place of Publication | Québec, Canada |
| Publisher | Lebonfon |
| Pages | 97-104 |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780864913647 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |