Analysing senior secondary mathematics teaching using the Knowledge Quartet
Journal article
Maher, Nicole, Muir, Tracey and Chick, Helen. (2022). Analysing senior secondary mathematics teaching using the Knowledge Quartet. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 110(2), pp. 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10125-1
Authors | Maher, Nicole, Muir, Tracey and Chick, Helen |
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Abstract | The multi-faceted nature of mathematics knowledge for teaching, including pedagogical content knowledge (PCK), has been studied widely in elementary classrooms, but little research has focused on senior secondary mathematics teaching. This study utilised the Knowledge Quartet (Rowland et al., Research in Mathematics Education, 17(2), 74–91, 2005) to analyse mathematics teaching at the senior secondary level using excerpts from a lesson on differential calculus and another on discrete probability distributions. The findings reveal that, at this level, there is a complex interplay among aspects of the Knowledge Quartet, including the impact of foundational knowledge on contingent moments. Horizon content knowledge is shown to play an important role in teaching decisions, as do perceived constraints. This has implications for future research into how teachers’ horizon knowledge might be expanded and into teachers’ perceptions of mathematics course constraints on the enactment and development of their mathematics knowledge for teaching. |
Keywords | mathematics knowledge for teaching; Knowledge Quartet; horizon content knowledge; senior secondary mathematics; calculus; probability distribution |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Educational Studies in Mathematics |
Journal citation | 110 (2), pp. 233-249 |
Publisher | Springer Nature B.V. |
ISSN | 0013-1954 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10125-1 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85122235573 |
Page range | 233-249 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 04 Jan 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 31 Oct 2021 |
Deposited | 18 Jul 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z54y/analysing-senior-secondary-mathematics-teaching-using-the-knowledge-quartet
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