Blurring the Border Between Teacher Education and School Classrooms: A Practical Testing Activity for Both Contexts

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the border between school and mathematics teacher education courses by investigating and describing a testing activity that can be implemented in both venues. Specifically, we investigate a testing activity where pre-service teachers (PSTs) develop, sit, and assess tests for one another. We report on PSTs’ written reflections of what they learned through experiencing the testing activity and situate their experiences in related literature and recommendations for reform-based mathematics.