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Training elementary mathematics teachers using interactive multimedia

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Two studies were conducted wherein an interactive, multimedia-based instructional system was piloted with preservice elementary school teachers. Mathematics methods classes experienced conventional instruction with a new interactive technological-instructional system as supplemental course material. An analysis of interview data indicated that students were more likely to incorporate the knowledge they acquired from the system into their teaching repertoire. Many students thought that this mode of presentation enhanced their learning of mathematics teaching methods and their teaching in other fields.

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  1. Technology Based Learning & Research, College of Education, Arizona State University, 85287-0111, Tempe, Arizona, USA

    Gary G. Bitter & Mary M. Hatfield

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This project was supported, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award # TPE-8950317) and International Business Machines.

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Bitter, G.G., Hatfield, M.M. Training elementary mathematics teachers using interactive multimedia. Educ Stud Math 26, 405–409 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01279523

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