Examining the Nature of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) with a Validation Argument for the PCK-Fractions Measure

This study presents an extension of the validity argument for the PCK-Fractions measure. PCK-Fractions is designed to assess the effectiveness of professional experiences in facilitating teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for children's fraction reasoning in grades 3-5. We examined data across 101 participants from two Midwest universities including noneducation majors, education majors, and education majors with grade 3 to 5 math field experiences. Results provide additional validity evidence for the PCK-Fractions. Namely, evidence indicates differences in scores between groups of participants--preservice teachers grade 3 to 5 field experience had higher scores than those without, and all preservice teachers had higher scores than non-education majors. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630210.]