Shifting Mathematical Authority from Teacher to Community

Shifting Mathematical Authority from Teacher to Community

Research shows that students generally view mathematics teachers as the final authority on mathematical correctness, the sole arbiter of whether or not answers are right. Such reliance is problematic, since students who always defer to their teachers are failing to make sense of their own solutions....

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Veröffentlicht in:The Mathematics teacher 2010-11, Vol.104 (4), p.315-318
Hauptverfasser: Webel, Corey, Evitts, Thomas A., Heinz, Karen
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Class discussion
Classroom management
Collaboration
Community
Connecting Research to Teaching
Mathematical knowledge
Mathematical problems
Mathematics education
Mathematics teachers
Political discourse
Secondary school teachers
Student attitudes
Teachers
Teaching methods
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Zusammenfassung:Research shows that students generally view mathematics teachers as the final authority on mathematical correctness, the sole arbiter of whether or not answers are right. Such reliance is problematic, since students who always defer to their teachers are failing to make sense of their own solutions. Here, Heinz talks about the advantages she had observed when she shifted her mathematical authority teaching strategy from teacher to community.
ISSN:0025-5769
2330-0582