Growth in Teachers' Mathematics Content Knowledge for Teaching
4. Results
There were statistically significant positive increases in the mathematical content knowledge of our participants over the three summers of institute work.
Pre-Post Differences (scaled content knowledge scores before first summer institute and after third summer institute) by content strand and overall
| Secondary Teachers (6-12) | |||
| Arithmetic and Algebra | M Diff=.397 | SE=.085 | P<.001 |
| Geometry | M Diff=.192 | SE=.063 | P=.003 |
| Overall | M Diff=.055 | SE=.01 | P<.001 |
| Elementary Teachers (K-5) | |||
| Number Concepts and Operations | M Diff=.343 | SE=.085 | P<.001 |
| Geometry | M Diff=.479 | SE=.068 | P<.001 |
| Pattern, Functions, and Algebra | M Diff=.372 | SE=.083 | P<.001 |
| Overall | M Diff=.077 | SE=.01 | P<.001 |
