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Article
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
This study discusses how teaching K-8 preservice teachers (PSTs) about the measures of central tendency through the context of the voting process impacted their learning about mathematics as well as the voting process and issues that may arise. Being a well-informed citizen, especially for people who will be teaching in the next few years, is important as they will influence many children in the future. Findings show changes in the PSTs' perspectives on the voting process, voting issues, and learning center measures. Additionally, PSTs indicated they enjoyed learning about the measures of central tendency through context of the voting process and the issue of voter suppression. Furthermore, researchers found teaching through this context had long-term implications, as one PST reached out during the most recent election, which was more than a year after the course ended.
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Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Ha and Eisenreich, Heidi
(2023)
"Using Voting as a Lens to Teach Central Tendency and Impact K-8 Future Teachers,"
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.20429/gamte.2022.140102
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https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gamte-proceedings/vol14/iss1/2