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RESEARCH PAPER
Measuring pre-service elementary teachers’ geometry knowledge for teaching 2-dimensional shapes
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College of Education, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
Publication date: 2022-07-12
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2022;18(8):em2137
KEYWORDS
geometry knowledge for teachingpre-service elementary teachersreliability andvalidityvan Hiele theory
ABSTRACT
This paper reports our efforts to develop a measure of pre-service elementary teachers’ geometry
knowledge for teaching 2-dimensional (2D) shapes and to evaluate the psychometric properties
of this measure. Specifically, the GKT-2D scale was designed to assess pre-service elementary
teachers’ geometry content knowledge, knowledge of geometry and students, knowledge of
geometry and teaching in relation to 2D shapes, based on the van Hiele theory and mathematical
knowledge for teaching framework. Using 307 pre-service elementary teachers’ responses on the
instrument, we examined item- and scale-level reliability and hypothesized factor structure of the
instrument. The results suggested that the GKT-2D scale is a reliable and valid measure of the
three facets of pre-service elementary teachers’ geometry knowledge for teaching 2D shapes, with
some limitations further addressed. This paper offers directions for future research in evaluating
content-specific knowledge for teaching mathematics to unpack the complex relationship
between teacher knowledge, teaching quality, and student learning.
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