ERIC Number: ED584475
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Publication Date: 2013-Nov
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Promoting Student Questions in Mathematics Classrooms
Kemmerle, Melissa
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (35th, Chicago, IL, Nov 14-17, 2013)
Question asking is an important part of the learning process. One of our goals as educators is to encourage students to ask questions that focus on developing conceptual knowledge. To do this, we first need to better understand the factors involved in student question asking. This study looks in depth at one high school mathematics teacher who promotes rich, mathematical question asking among her students. She does this by creating a safe learning environment, shifting responsibility to learn onto her students, by modeling good question asking, and through explicitly valuing sense-making. This study hopes to help teachers and educators think about how to promote more student questions in mathematics classrooms. [For the complete proceedings, see ED584443.]
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, Questioning Techniques, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Student Centered Learning, Student Participation, Case Studies, Coding, Algebra, Calculus, Comparative Analysis, Modeling (Psychology)
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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