TEDS-M 2008 Framework

Assessment or survey framework
Assessment framework: Knowledge for teaching mathematics

Mathematics content knowledge framework

Content knowledge domains

  • Number
  • Geometry
  • Algebra
  • Data

Cognitive Domains

  • Knowing
    • Recall
    • Recognize
    • Compute
    • Retrieve
    • Measure
    • Classify/order
  • Applying
    • Select
    • Represent
    • Model
    • Implement
    • Solve routine problems
  • Reasoning
    • Analyze
    • Generalize
    • Synthesize/integrate
    • Justify
    • Solve non-routine problems

 

Mathematics pedagogical content knowledge framework

  • Mathematical curricular knowledge
  • Knowledge of planning for mathematics teaching and learning (pre-active)
  • Enacting Mathematics for Teaching and Learning (interactive)

 

Beliefs

  • About the nature of mathematics
  • About learning mathematics
  • About mathematics achievement
  • About preparedness for teaching mathematics
  • About program effectiveness

 

Opportunities to learn

  • University- or tertiary-level mathematics
  • School-level mathematics
  • Mathematics education/pedagogy
  • General knowledge for teaching
  • Teaching for diversity and reflection on practice
  • In schools and through the practicum
  • In a coherent teacher education program

 

Contextual framework

Future teachers' background and demographics

  • Age
  • Gender
  • Parents’ education/socioeconomic status
  • Language spoken at home
  • Nature and level of secondary school mathematics knowledge
  • Information on academic/general education
  • Area of specialization
  • Routes into teaching
  • Degrees obtained
  • Teaching/work experience
  • Motivation/plans/intention to become a mathematics teacher
  • Special circumstances/personal costs of becoming a teacher
  • How long the future teacher plans to stay in the profession

 

 

Policy and context

  • Teacher preparation routes
  • Teacher education policy
  • National and teacher education curricula
  • The costs of becoming and preparing a mathematics teacher