Critical evaluation and design of mathematics tasks: Pre-service teachers

Majella Dempsey (1) , Ann O'Shea (2)

1 Maynooth University, Department of Education, Maynooth, Ireland
2 Maynooth University, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Ireland

This paper reports on a research project undertaken with a group (n=19) of Irish pre-service student teachers (PSTs) during the third year of a four-year undergraduate education course. A series of workshops were carried out on the critical evaluation and design of mathematics tasks. The research is presented as a case study using mixed methods to gather data. Through critically evaluating and designing mathematics tasks PSTs developed knowledge of cognitive demand, pedagogical design capacity and showed evidence of developing curriculum-making competences. The research highlights the need for PSTs to work together on evaluating and designing tasks.

Mots clés: Mathematics; tasks; design; curriculum; pedagogy

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Majella Dempsey, Ann O'Shea. Critical evaluation and design of mathematics tasks: Pre-service teachers. CERME 10, Feb 2017, Dublin, Ireland. ⟨hal-01950505⟩