Examines new trends and developments in research related to the mathematical education of pre-service elementary teachers

Provides international examples of teacher education practices

Offers a forum for discussing and debating the state of the art in the field

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THEME 1: Pre-service teachers' mathematics-content and mathematics-specific pedagogical preparation.- Using mathematics-pedagogy tasks to facilitate the professional growth of pre-service elementary teachers.- Investigating the relationship between prospective elementary teachers' math-specific knowledge domains.- A self-study of integrating computer technology in a Geometry course for prospective elementary teachers .- Pre-service elementary teachers' generation of multiple representations to word problems involving proportions.- THEME 2: Professional growth through activities and assessment tools used in mathematics teacher preparation programs.- Pre-service teachers' mathematics-content and mathematics-specific pedagogical preparation.- Preparing elementary school teachers of mathematics: A continuing challenge.- Designing non-routine mathematical problems as a challenge for high performing prospective teachers .- Preservice teacher procedural and conceptual knowledge of fractions.- Designing simulations to learn about preservice teachers' capabilities with eliciting and interpreting student thinking.- Professional growth through activities and assessment tools used in mathematics teacher preparation programs .- THEME 3: Pre-service mathematics teachers' knowledge and beliefs.- An investigation of prospective elementary teachers' argumentation from the perspective of mathematical knowledge for teaching and evaluating.- The mathematics backgrounds and mathematics self-efficacy perceptions of pre-service elementary school teachers.- Mathematics teachers' knowledge and productive disposition for teaching: A Framework and measure .- Prospective mathematics teachers' opinions about their opportunities for learning how to teach to a diverse set of students.- Pre-service mathematics teachers' knowledge and beliefs.- Learning to act in-the-moment: Prospective elementary teachers' role-playing on numbers .- The role of writing narratives in developing pre-service elementary teachers' noticing .- Noticing and deciding the next steps for teaching: A cross-university study with elementary pre-service teachers.- Understanding the work of mathematics teacher educators: A knowledge of practice perspective.- Perspectives on noticing in the preparation of elementary mathematics teachers.