Results for MSU-led Six-Nation Study of Mathematics Teacher Education Released at National Press Club

The initial findings of an MSU led study of preparation of lower secondary school teachers to teach mathematics were released on December 11, 2007 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. This study was featured as front-page lead article in Educatin Week, Dec. 19, 2007. This is a study of the mathematics content knowledge and the mathematics pedagogy knowledge of students at the end of their teacher education programs in six countries. The six countries are Korea, Taiwan, Bulgaria, Germany, Mexico and the U.S.. Data were collected from a purposeful sample of institutions of teacher education and their students in each of the countries. The resulting report is titled “The Preparation Gap: Teacher Education for Middle School Mathematics in Six Countries.” The results show important differences between students in the different countries in terms of their knowledge of mathematics content as well as their knowledge of mathematics pedagogy. Bill Schmidt is the PI and Teresa Tatto the Co-PI of this study.

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