Author ORCID Identifier

Ricela Feliciano-Semidei: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2620-0612

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Title

Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML)

Abstract

Research on the understanding of prime factorization suggests that preservice teachers prefer computational methods to find factors. We present a teaching intervention implemented with K-8 preservice teachers in a public university in the Northwest US. Our intervention consisted of four worksheets that students discussed in small groups. The intervention intended to prompt students’ recognition of existence and uniqueness of the prime factorization. Results from pre and post- tests show that students combine different methodologies to find the factors of a number, but they begin to rely more heavily on the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic after experiencing the intervention.

First Page

9

Last Page

16

Publication Date

2017

Original Citation

Feliciano-Semidei, R., & Roscoe, M. (2017). Preservice teachers exploring prime factorization. In T. A. Olson & L. Venenciano (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML). Fort Worth, TX.

Department

Department of Mathematical Sciences

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