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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching in Planning and Evaluating Instruction: What Can Preservice Teachers Learn? by Morris, Anne K., Hiebert, James, Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…The goal of this study is to uncover the successes and challenges that preservice teachers are likely to experience as they unpack lesson-level mathematical…”
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The relationship between prospective teachers’ mathematics knowledge for teaching and their ability to notice student thinking by Spitzer, Sandy M., Phelps-Gregory, Christine M.

“…In this paper, we investigate the links between prospective elementary teachers’ (PTs’) ability to notice student mathematical thinking, their mathematical…”
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Prospective teachers’ analysis of a mathematics lesson: examining their claims and supporting evidence by Phelps-Gregory, Christine M., Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…This study examined elementary and secondary prospective teachers’ (PTs’) abilities to analyze a classroom lesson in order to make claims about student…”
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Prospective Elementary Teachers' Beliefs About Mathematical Myths: A Historical and Qualitative Examination by Phelps-Gregory, Christine M., Frank, Martha, Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…Previous research has found that prospective elementary teachers hold beliefs about mathematics that potentially hinder learning, sometimes called "math…”
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Prospective middle school mathematics teachers’ reflective thinking skills: descriptions of their students’ thinking and interpretations of their teaching by Jansen, Amanda, Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…In this study, we examined prospective middle school mathematics teachers’ reflective thinking skills to understand how they learned from their own teaching…”
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Prospective teachers' conceptions and values about learning from teaching by Phelps, Christine M., Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…Although researchers and educators have suggested teaching prospective teachers (PTs) to investigate and learn from their own teaching over time, little…”
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Developing prospective elementary teachers’ abilities to identify evidence of student mathematical achievement by Spitzer, Sandy M., Phelps, Christine M., Beyers, James E. R., Johnson, Delayne Y., Sieminski, Elizabeth M.

“…This study investigated the effects of a classroom intervention on prospective elementary teachers’ ability to evaluate evidence of student achievement of…”
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Systematically Improving Lessons in Teacher Education: What's Good for Prospective Teachers is Good for Teacher Educators by Phelps, Christine M., Spitzer, Sandy M.

“…Researchers have advocated building a knowledge base for teacher education based on practitioner knowledge. In this article, the authors, two teacher…”
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Become an Escher Sleuth by Cooper, Linda L, Spitzer, Sandy M, Tomayko, Ming C

“…Students discover why certain regular polygons tessellate and how M. C. Escher translated and rotated modifications of polygons to create tessellations…”
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Assessing Prospective Teachers' Analysis of Teaching: How Well Can They Link Teaching and Learning? by Christine Phelps-Gregory, Sandy Spitzer

“…One goal in teacher education is to prepare prospective teachers (PTs) for a career of systematic reflection and learning from their own teaching. One…”
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Become an Escher Sleuth: classroom-ready activities by Cooper, Linda L., Spitzer, Sandy M., Tomayko, Ming C.

“…Students discover why certain regular polygons tessellate and how M. C. Escher translated and rotated modifications of polygons to create tessellations…”
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