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Class observations#

See also: teaching

Talk#

Ingram (2019)

  • How often the teacher/pupils talk?
  • What is the nature of the talk?
  • How long are the pupils' answers?
  • Are they remembering factors or procedures, explaining their work, or are they conjecturing or justifying?
  • What is the mathematical vocab being used?
  • Who is doing the explaining?
  • Who is doing the defining?

In group discussions

  • one student dominating
  • collaboratively or competitively
  • working on the problem

References#

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