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In this paper, we focus on belief systems of six teachers of primary and secondary schools who just started their teacher trainees referring to the teaching and learning of arithmetic. Firstly, we discuss the theoretical framework of our research and outline the method. Afterwards we discuss findings of our research in three separate sections. We discuss the identification of central beliefs referring to one teacher. Further we derive findings referring to peripheral beliefs to the same teacher. Finally, we discuss types of belief systems towards teaching arithmetic. We conclude the paper with a brief summary and suggestions for further research.
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Bräunling, K., Eichler, A. (2015). Teachers’ Beliefs Systems Referring to the Teaching and Learning of Arithmetic. In: Bernack-Schüler, C., Erens, R., Leuders, T., Eichler, A. (eds) Views and Beliefs in Mathematics Education. Freiburger Empirische Forschung in der Mathematikdidaktik. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-09614-4_8
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