A Large-Scale Study on Teachers’ Knowledge of Common Student Struggles in Mathematics

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ID21355638
AutoresJingxian Li (0000-0002-8251-1706, Shanghai Normal University), John Ezaki (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA), Yasemin Copur-Gencturk (0000-0001-8819-3035, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
Ano2026
Data de publicação2026-06-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Teacher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4871 • E-ISSN: 1552-7816
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00224871261460900
OpenAlexW7166555234
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas68

Teachers’ knowledge of common student struggles is widely recognized as a key component of teacher knowledge across subject areas. However, most large-scale research has focused on measuring teachers’ awareness of student struggles, with little attention paid to how teachers interpret their underlying reasons. This study examined 743 mathematics teachers’ knowledge of common student struggles with ratios and proportional relationships, an important content area in the middle school mathematics curriculum. Teachers were asked to identify the most common incorrect student solutions to eight mathematical tasks and to interpret the underlying reasons for these struggles. While many teachers demonstrated awareness of empirically documented common student struggles, they tended to attribute these struggles to procedural issues rather than to conceptual misunderstandings. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses indicated that teachers’ awareness of common student struggles and their own content knowledge were linked to how they interpreted students’ struggles

Common knowledge (logic) · Component (thermodynamics) · Concept learning · Key (lock) · Knowledge level · Multilevel model · Student teacher · Subject (documents) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques