ERIC Number: EJ1400699
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
Making Connections Explicit
Chandler, Kayla; Adu-Gyamfi, Kwaku; Preston, Ron
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v116 n8 p572-585 2023
In this article, the authors provide some insight into how teachers can potentially facilitate among students' representations and activities on mathematical tasks: between or among -- (1) student representations and the context; (2) multiple forms of student representations; and (3) processes in student representations. The authors use the well-known "S-Pattern" task and vignettes to take an in-depth look into how a teacher can foster these connections. They share sample tasks for grade bands -- PK-Grade 2; Grades 3-5; Grades 6-8; and Grades 9-12 -- with various solutions and ideas for how a teacher might use the task with a focus on the connections they discuss. Using connections helps students see relationships between their representations and strategies on mathematical tasks in ways that deepen and advance understanding and helps them become better problem solvers.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Vignettes, Preschool Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Correlation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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