Abstract Although emerging consensus exists that practice-based approaches to teacher
preparation assist in closing the distance between university coursework and fieldwork
experiences and in assuring that future teachers learn to implement innovative researchbased
instructional strategies, little empirical research has investigated teacher learning
from this approach. This study examines the impact of a video- and practice-based course
on prospective teachers’ mathematics classroom practices and analysis of their own
teaching. Two groups of elementary prospective teachers participated in the study—one
attended the course and one did not. Findings reveal that the course assisted participants in
making student thinking visible and in pursuing it further during instruction and in conducting
evidence-based analyses of their own teaching. Conclusions discuss the importance
of teaching these skills systematically during teacher preparation.
Keywords Teacher preparation Mathematics Video Analysis Reflection
Classroom teaching Quasi experimental