Mathematical reasoning activities in the micro-teaching simulation

One of the main objectives of micro-teaching simulation is to develop prospective teachers’ basic teaching skills. In particular, one of the important aspects of those basic teaching skills is to design and demonstrate mathematical reasoning activities in mathematics classes. In the case of micro-teaching simulation for prospective teachers, mathematical reasoning activities can be seen in the lesson plan and in the teaching simulation. This study is aimed to study the prospective teachers’ skills in designing and performing mathematical reasoning activities. For this purpose, 25 videos of micro-teaching simulation were analyzed by using a qualitative descriptive approach. The analysis focused on identifying three types of questioning – i.e. probing, guiding, and factual – in the tasks and activities designed by the prospective teachers. The analysis revealed that factual guiding is the most frequently observed questioning posed by the prospective teachers.