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Principal Investigator: Raven McCrory
Graduate Students: Rachel Ayieko, Andrea Ploucher Francis, Beste Gucler, Jessica Lui, Jungeun Park, Helen Seidel, Sarah Young, Changhui Zhang
Funding: National Science Foundation
Dates: 2005-2010
Website: http://www.educ.msu.edu/Meet/
The ME.ET project is investigating the mathematics courses taken by prospective elementary teachers during their undergraduate education. The focus is on mathematics courses, not on mathematics methods courses. The project is addressing 3 major questions:
- What is the nature of the mathematics courses prospective elementary teachers are required to take in their undergraduate education? What courses are required, who teaches them, who designs them, what is the content?
- What mathematics do prospective elementary teachers have an aopportunity to learn in their required undergraduate mathematics classes? How do their opportunities to learn relate to national and state standards for the matematical education of K-8 students, to high-stakes exams for teachers and students, and to current research on the mathematical knowledge elementary teachers need?
- What are prospective elementary teachers learning in their undergraduate mathematics classes? How does their learning relate to national and state standards, high stakes exams, and research on mathematical knowledge for teaching?
To investigate these questions, the project will survey mathematics departments in three states to identify mathematics classes for elementary teachers, followed by a survey of instructors of these classes and assessments of students from a sample of these classes. The project will extend over five years, with surveys and assessments primarily in years 2 and 3.
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