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article focuses subject matter knowledge preservice elementary secondary mathematics teachers order examine teacher candidates understand mathematics enter formal teacher education results questionnaires interviews 252 prospective teachers participating large study teacher education discussed results reveal mathematical understandings elementary secondary teacher candidates brought teacher education precollege college mathematics experiences understandings tended rulebound thin based data article challenges 3 common assumptions learning teach elementary secondary mathematics 1 traditional school mathematics content difficult 2 precollege education provides teachers much need know mathematics 3 majoring mathematics ensures subject matter knowledge assumptions underlie current teacher education practices well proposals reform preparation teachers