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Questioning

See also: teaching, teaching-mathematics

Sources to explore:

mathematical-discussion-communication#

Questions with multiple responses

  • What mathematics do you see?

    Images can open up different responses. But a point seems to be to have scaffolding questions ready.

  • Compare and contrast two different representations?

    Or offer different answers to a problem. Some with carefully chosen misconceptions etc.

  • Questions that generate debate

    How many times would you shake hands if everyone shook hands with everyone? Smallest/largest prime number?

Use TPS or similar to get around contribution fear. Create a culture.

References#

Ingram, J. (2019). Discussion and communication. In A Practical Guide to Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (pp. 58--66). Taylor & Francis Group.