ERIC Number: EJ1456848
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
EISSN: EISSN-2330-0582
Reasoning on Display: Supporting Students' Argumentation
Laura M. Singletary; Julie Russell; AnnaMarie Conner; Jonathan Foster; Yuling Zhuang; Hyejin Park
Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, v117 n2 p880-891 2024
When examining students' participation in these mathematics discussions, the focus is on their verbal contributions. However, students' nonverbal contributions--such as pointing, drawings, and models-- can be crucial resources for advancing the mathematical thinking and the collective activity of a classroom community (Johnson et al., 2023; Webb et al., 2023). In this article, the authors discuss how teachers and their students make use of displays in the context of mathematical discussions. Displays can encompass both the tangible mathematics content that is visible to all and the deliberate action of making mathematics accessible to the class. This can involve teachers or students writing on the board or projecting images (such as photos of student work, visual inscriptions, or illustrative diagrams) for the entire class to see. If used strategically, displays can be powerful pedagogical tools to support mathematics teaching and learning.
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Visual Aids, Mathematical Models, Persuasive Discourse, Thinking Skills, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Cooperative Learning, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1149436; 1741910