The Mathematics Educator

Introduction	1
Edward A. Silver & Yeping Li

Characteristics of Mathematics Teacher Preparation Programs in the United States: An Exploratory study	5
Karen J Graham. Yeping Li & Judith Curran Buck

Challenges and Dilemmas in a Period of Reform-Preservice Mathematics Teacher Education in Shanghai,China	32
Yanping Fang & Lyan Paine

Two Approaches of Assisting Teachers in Adjusting to Curriculum Reform in Taiwan	68
Pi-Jen Lin

Pre-Service Preparation and Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers in Singapore	83
Chong Tian Hoo & Fong Ho Kheong

Research
Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Tutor Intervention for a Mathematics Problem Solving Class	91
Andrea M.Schollaert & Cheryl A.Lubinski

Explaining Mathematics Anxiety in College Students: A Research Project	108
Gerald L Marshall

Problem Solving in Singapore Secondary Mathematics Textbooks	117
Fan Lianghuo & Zhu Yan

Novice and Senior Mathematics Teachers Any Differences ?	142
Fong Ho Kheong

Discussion
Why Singapore Eighth Graders Did Better Among the Asian Nations in the TIMSS Mathematics: A Secondary Analysis	169
Soh Kay Cheng

Singapore Primary School TIMSS Data : Data Representation Analysis and Probability and Patterns ,Relations and Functions	180
Berinderjeet Kkaur & Lionel Pereira-Mendoza

Teaching Algebra For Procedural and Structural Understanding	194
Beverly J Ferrucci & Jack A.Carter

Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptual Understanding of Volume	205
Yeap Ban Har & Cheong Ngan Peng Christina