A Concept Inventory to Identify Fractions Misconceptions among Prospective Primary and Preschool Teachers in Romania

Autor/inn/en	Magdas, Ioana; Henry, Julie; Magda?, Adrian
Titel	A Concept Inventory to Identify Fractions Misconceptions among Prospective Primary and Preschool Teachers in Romania
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 16 (2023) 1, S.1-11 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Mathematical Concepts; Identification; Fractions; Misconceptions; Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Preschool Teachers; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Romania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Bruchrechnung; Missverständnis; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Learning process; Lernprozess; Rumänien
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to validate the relevance of a concept inventory on fractions by measuring the presence and evolution of misconceptions among prospective primary and pre-school teachers, including the overcoming of their misconceptions during and at the end of the instructional intervention. Seven text statements were defined and composed a "Likert scale" concept inventory. This was administered to students at three different stages of the learning process to measure the understanding gain: before the start of the course, after the instructional intervention consisting of a lecture and a seminar on fractions, and finally at the end of the semester. The results from the initial testing confirmed the misconceptions about fractions of the students. Based on the experiment, it is thus obvious the need to allocate a longer time for understanding and fixing the concept of fraction for prospective primary and preschool teachers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01