Mathematical discussion and communication (in the classroom)#
See also: teaching-mathematics
Techniques#
Adapted from observation checklist
- elicit knowledge from learners
- Direct elicitation
- Cued elicitations (hints)
- respond to what learners say
- Confirmations
- Rejections
- Repetitions
- Reformulations
- describe significant aspects of shared experience
- 'we' statements (we are going)
- recaps
Class norms/enculturation#
Talking rules
- we share our ideas and listen to each other
- we talk one at a time
- we respect each other's opinions
- we give reasons to explain our ideas
- if we disagree we ask "why"
- we try to agree at the end
Student difficulty describing#
Tactics, ask them to share an example. Write it won or find it in their book, and another example, and another. Connecting with the idea of learner-generated-examples
questioning#
Resources#
Thinking Together Project - "a dialogue-based approach to the development of children's thinking and learning"
References#
Ingram, J. (2019). Discussion and communication. In A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (pp. 58--66). Taylor & Francis Group.