Student Centred Mathematics instruction

See also: teaching-mathematics, mathematically-productive-tasks

Defined by Thanheiser & Melhuish (2023) as instruction where

1. student mathematical thinking is made public,
2. students engage with each other’s mathematical thinking, and
3. student mathematical sense-making, conjecturing, and justifying drive the instruction.

References

Thanheiser, E., & Melhuish, K. (2023). Teaching routines and student-centered mathematics instruction: The essential role of conferring to understand student thinking and reasoning. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 70, 101032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101032