Research in mathematics education has investigated teachers' professional knowledge in
depth, comprising two different approaches: a cognitive and a situated perspective. Linking …

Existing research indicates inconsistent or at best weak predictive effects of teacher
knowledge on student achievement. Data from Germany were used to examine the relation …

Lesson planning is of central importance to the teaching of all subjects in school. However,
despite its high relevance, there is still a substantial need for a comprehensive review of …

Teachers' professional competence to select tasks and prepare the task implementation is
considered important for instruction that initiates meaningful learning. Teachers' professional …

The aim of the study was to explore whether short online pedagogy courses can have an
effect on university teachers' interpretations of teaching–learning situations. Before and after …

In countries with a social pedagogic tradition for early childhood education, mathematical
learning typically takes place in play-based situations. Preschool teachers' ability to …

The aim of this paper is to examine whether the use of a hypothetical learning trajectory as a
guide to notice students' mathematical thinking could improve pre-service teachers …

Teacher competence is a multi-dimensional construct that includes beliefs as well as
knowledge. The present study investigated the structure of prospective preschool teachers' …

The purpose of this article is to review and to connect research about teacher education
effectiveness and school effectiveness to arrive at an integrative conceptualization that has …

While early childhood mathematics education did not play an important role for many years,
today the necessity to be attentive to children's early mathematics learning is no longer in …