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Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Dispositions and Responsive Pedagogical Patterns in Mathematics

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Dispositions in Teacher Education

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The movement toward viewing dispositions as a construct for the field of teacher education began in the United States during the 1990s. During that time the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) and the National Board for Professional teaching Standards (NBPTS) replaced the construct of “attitudes” with “dispositions” in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes triad.

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Thomas, K., Huffman, D., Flake, M. (2016). Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Dispositions and Responsive Pedagogical Patterns in Mathematics. In: Welch, A.G., Areepattamannil, S. (eds) Dispositions in Teacher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-552-4_2

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