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Ryve, Andreas; Larsson, Maria; Nilsson, Per – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Balancing content and students' participation in the mathematics classroom is an area of both practical and theoretical interest. In this article we relate and contribute to these two interests by analyzing classroom data from an intervention project aiming at teaching mathematics through problem solving. The study shows that several aspects such…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Nilsson, Per – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which Swedish seventh grade students (12 and 13 years old) handle chance encounters. Four groups of students working in pairs participated in the study. In the group discussions, which were tape-recorded and fully transcribed, the students were encouraged to explore strategies for winning a…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Probability, Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents