Angie Hodge, assistant professor of mathematics and teacher education, had two papers accepted for publication.
“Purposes and Perceptions: What Do University Mathematics Professors See as Their Role in the Education of Secondary Mathematics Teachers?” will be published in the PRIMUS Mathematics journal. According to Hodge, the study investigated the perceptions on pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ knowledge and dispositions from mathematics teachers who typically teach pre-service secondary mathematics teachers. Mathematics professors also were asked how upper-level mathematics course work could contribute to pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ learning of desired knowledge and dispositions.
“The results provide a picture of what professors articulate as important to pre-service secondary mathematics teacher training and perceptions of their role in supporting the pre-service secondary mathematics teacher training,” Hodge said.
“A Reflective Project for Pre-Service Teachers in University and Mathematics Courses,” will be published in the online proceedings of the fifth annual TEAM-Math Partnership Conference on the Mathematical Preparation of Teachers.
This paper describes a study in which the mathematics instructor was able to compel the pre-service secondary mathematics teachers to think about the connections between classroom teaching and axiomatic geometry throughout a semester-long geometry course. As a final project, all members of the class reported on how the course would help them in their future careers.
“This paper serves three purposes,” Hodge said. “They are to describe a project that can easily be integrated into university geometry courses, to report on the responses from pre-service secondary mathematics teachers and to discuss consequent implications for other mathematics courses populated in part by pre-service secondary mathematics teachers.”
Hodge joined the NDSU faculty in 2007. She focuses her research on pre-service teacher education and the role of mathematics course work in the process of learning to teach secondary mathematics.
She is a Project NExT National Fellow and a member of the American Educational Research Association, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Mathematical Association of America, National Council for Teachers of Mathematics and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.