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Digital Fabrication Scaffolds for Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Mathematics Pedagogy
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-84-6 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This pilot study was designed to facilitate determination of a role for supports in assisting preservice elementary teachers to develop a mathematics pedagogy that includes using digital fabrication. Although results were statistically insignificant, the pattern of results regarding interest in math and regarding a career related to math suggest that additional exposure to the intervention might positively influence the size of differences between the pre-intervention and the post-intervention scores. Results from this pilot study thereby suggest it is possible that with proper supports preservice elementary teachers might develop a mathematics pedagogy that includes using digital fabrication, and this may influence their interest and engagement in mathematics teaching. Despite limits to the generalizability of results due to a small sample size, this pilot study provided a testing-ground for refining the theoretical framework, design-based guidelines, and research methods that will be utilized in a more robust follow-up study planned for the 2011 spring semester.

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Tillman, D., Kjellstrom, W., Smith, S. & Yoder, E. (2011). Digital Fabrication Scaffolds for Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Mathematics Pedagogy. In M. Koehler & P. Mishra (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2011--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 892-897). Nashville, Tennessee, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved May 20, 2022 from .

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