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Fried, Michael N.; Amit, Miriam – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2008
Students' mathematical lives are characterized not only by a set of mathematical ideas and the engagement in mathematical thinking, but also by social relations, specifically, relations of authority. Watching student actions and speaking to students, one becomes cognizant of a "web of authority" ever present in mathematics classrooms. In…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Instruction, Power Structure, Thinking Skills
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Fried, Michael N.; Amit, Miriam – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2003
This article considers students' classroom notebooks, their character and their role in learning. The results presented were found within the frame work of a broader international project, the Learners Perspective Study, whose goal is to identify classroom practice from the students' point of view. Two 8th grade classrooms were studied. In each,…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Classrooms, Grade 8, Videotape Recordings