Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: What do School Psychologists Know?

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dc.contributor.advisorDrefs, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorGould, Kelsey
dc.contributor.committeememberGroen, Janet
dc.contributor.committeememberMakarenko, Erica
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T20:07:36Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T20:07:36Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.submitted2017en
dc.description.abstractMathematical Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) is widely recognized as being beneficial for teachers. Despite the contributions of school psychologists to mathematics education, the MKT possessed by school psychologists has not yet been considered. The current study explores the nature of school psychologists’ (n = 154) MKT pertaining to elementary number and operations. A number of factors were shown to influence school psychologists’ MKT including age, self-efficacy, science-based backgrounds, and mathematical education. Moreover, school psychologists appear to be slightly more mathematically informed in number and operations in comparison to their teacher counterparts. Future research may benefit from evaluating more areas of MKT across a greater number of mathematics domains. Continued research in this area has the potential to ensure that school psychologists are the most effective resource that they can be within schools, thereby improving mathematics education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGould, K. (2017). Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching: What do School Psychologists Know? (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26837en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/26837
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/4069
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEducational Psychology
dc.subject.otherschool psychologists
dc.subject.othermathematical knowledge for teaching
dc.subject.othercontent knowledge
dc.subject.otherMathematics
dc.titleMathematical Knowledge for Teaching: What do School Psychologists Know?
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Psychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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