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Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae

The aim of this paper was to examine preservice teachers’ knowledge of area formulae. Clinical interview technique was employed to collect the data. This paper reports the analysis of the responses of eight preservice teachers related to a particular task, Task 8. In Task 8, preservice teachers were...

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Main Authors: Yew, W.T., Zamri, S.N.A.S., Lian, L.H.
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/812/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.027
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spelling my.um.eprints.8122014-12-11T08:31:39Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/812/ Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae Yew, W.T. Zamri, S.N.A.S. Lian, L.H. R Medicine The aim of this paper was to examine preservice teachers’ knowledge of area formulae. Clinical interview technique was employed to collect the data. This paper reports the analysis of the responses of eight preservice teachers related to a particular task, Task 8. In Task 8, preservice teachers were asked to show a Form One student the way to develop area formulae of a rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, and trapezium. Findings of the study suggest that all of them lack conceptual knowledge underpinning the formula for the area of a rectangle. The implication of the finding was also discussed. 2010 Article PeerReviewed Yew, W.T. and Zamri, S.N.A.S. and Lian, L.H. (2010) Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 8. pp. 198-206. ISSN 1877-0428 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.027 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.027
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topic R Medicine
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Yew, W.T.
Zamri, S.N.A.S.
Lian, L.H.
Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
description The aim of this paper was to examine preservice teachers’ knowledge of area formulae. Clinical interview technique was employed to collect the data. This paper reports the analysis of the responses of eight preservice teachers related to a particular task, Task 8. In Task 8, preservice teachers were asked to show a Form One student the way to develop area formulae of a rectangle, parallelogram, triangle, and trapezium. Findings of the study suggest that all of them lack conceptual knowledge underpinning the formula for the area of a rectangle. The implication of the finding was also discussed.
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author Yew, W.T.
Zamri, S.N.A.S.
Lian, L.H.
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Zamri, S.N.A.S.
Lian, L.H.
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title Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
title_short Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
title_full Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
title_fullStr Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
title_full_unstemmed Examining Preservice Teachers’ Knowledge of Area Formulae
title_sort examining preservice teachers’ knowledge of area formulae
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url http://eprints.um.edu.my/812/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.12.027
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