[RUME] question about measures of problem solving, etc.

[Eric Hsu]

hello all,

There is a project that has asked for my advice.  

They take in-service teachers and do rich, challenging problems with them in groups. The goal is, roughly speaking, to develop their problem solving skills, enrich their ideas of the nature of mathematics and of doing math, cultivate a love of math, and also to put them in a position to create these positive effects for their students. 

They are now wanting to assess the effects of their work, and they want a stronger theoretical framework and some assessment tools.  The closest thing they've come up with is the LMT from Deborah Ball and the other Michigan folks. This isn't quite right, as the PCK that test hopes to measure is quite domain specific. 

If anyone has any suggestions of existing assessments or other ideas they can build on, could you send them to me?

Thanks in advance, Eric

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Eric Hsu, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Co-director, Center for Science and Math Education
San Francisco State University
http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu