Discussion and communication ■ developing communication and mathematical thinking ■ how whole-class discussions can be initiated ■ creating an environment for discussion ■ setting ground rules ■ using real-world communication

2012 ◽  
pp. 75-82
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
World Communication ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class

Asking for more

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annerose Willemsen ◽  
Myrte Gosen ◽  
Tom Koole ◽  
Kees De Glopper
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Study ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class

This paper addresses the ways in which teachers in whole-class discussions invite students to elaborate their previous turn. Our conversation analytic study uncovers that the teachers’ invitations are prompted by elicited as well as spontaneous student turns of both subjective and factual nature. While giving the students the space to expand on their previous turn, most invitations nevertheless steer towards a specific type of response, namely an account or explanation. Only incidentally, the invitations simply solicit a continuation. The fact that the invitations follow not only teacher-initiated, but also student-initiated contributions reflects the teachers’ attempts to foster an actual discussion framework in which they partly hand over control and in which the student contributions are taken up for further consideration.

Selecting and Sequencing Students' Solution Strategies

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 226-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin M. Meikle
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Challenging Tasks ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
Fine Tune

For orchestrating whole-class discussions, note these suggestions to fine tune problem-solving techniques into cognitively challenging tasks.

Visualizing communication structures in science classrooms: Tracing cumulativity in teacher-led whole class discussions

2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (8) ◽  
pp. 912-939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Lehesvuori ◽  
Jouni Viiri ◽  
Helena Rasku-Puttonen ◽  
Josephine Moate ◽  
Jussi Helaakoski
Keyword(s):  
Science Classrooms ◽  
Communication Structures ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class

Facilitating Whole-Class Discussions in History: A Framework for Preparing Teacher Candidates

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abby Reisman ◽  
Sarah Schneider Kavanagh ◽  
Chauncey Monte-Sano ◽  
Brad Fogo ◽  
Sarah C. McGrew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class

Knowledge Needed by a Teacher to Provide Analytic Scaffolding During Undergraduate Mathematics Classroom Discussions

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha M. Speer ◽  
Joseph F. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Theoretical Orientation ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Undergraduate Mathematics ◽  
Knowledge For Teaching ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
And Mathematics

Using case study analysis and a cognitive theoretical orientation, we examine elements of knowledge for teaching needed by a mathematician to orchestrate whole-class discussions in an undergraduate mathematics classroom. The instructor, an experienced teacher and mathematics researcher, used an inquiry-oriented curriculum to teach a differential equations course for the first time after teaching it with traditional lecture methods for many years. Examples of classroom teaching and interview data demonstrate that, despite having extensive teaching experience and possessing strong content knowledge, some instructors may still face challenges when trying to provide analytic scaffolding to move whole-class discussions toward a lesson's mathematical goals. We also hypothesize several component practices necessary for the successful use of analytic scaffolding. Our analysis focuses on the relationship between the instructor's pedagogical content knowledge and specialized content knowledge and his capacity to enact these component practices during whole-class discussions.

Orchestrating Discussions

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 548-556
Author(s):  
Margaret S. Smith ◽  
Elizabeth K. Hughes ◽  
Randi A. Engle ◽  
Mary Kay Stein
Keyword(s):  
Student Responses ◽  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class ◽  
Five Practices ◽  
High Level

Five practices constitute a model for effectively using student responses in whole-class discussions that can potentially make teaching with high-level tasks more manageable for teachers.

Promising Research: The World's Largest Math Event: Promoting Mathematical Thinking

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 430-432
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Brahier ◽  
Melfried Olson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Mathematics ◽  
Evaluation Standards ◽  
The World

The Great Sphinx in Egypt is about 73.2 m (240 ft.) long, including the paws, which are each 15.3 m (50 ft.) long. Would one of its paws fit in a typical classroom? Would it fit in the school hallway? If the 90 800 kg (200 000 lbs.) of copper sheeting that make up the Statue of Liberty were melted down into pennies, how many pennies could be produced? How high would the pennies stand if they were stacked on one another? In which city and state would you find the world's largest ball of twine? Where would you find the world's largest catsup bottle? Such questions were the focus of the World's Largest Math Event 4— Landmarks: Seeing the World by Numbers— in April 1998. All over the United States and throughout the world, tens of thousands of students, from kindergarten through college, participated in the event. With the emphasis that the NCTM's Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) places on having students use real-world phenomena as a context for the study of mathematics, the World's Largest Math Event is a popular program.

scholarly journals Teachers’ open invitations in whole-class discussions

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 40-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annerose Willemsen ◽  
Myrte N. Gosen ◽  
Marije van Braak ◽  
Tom Koole ◽  
Kees de Glopper
Keyword(s):  
Class Discussions ◽  
Whole Class
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