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"The Big Old Conversation": Reflections on Mathematical Tasks and Discourse. NCRTL Craft Paper 95-5.
Download full textBeasley, Kathrene; Featherstone, Helen – 1995
A third-grade teacher and a teacher educator argue that, in an elementary mathematics class in which the teacher is encouraging the children to communicate and justify their mathematical ideas, the features of a mathematical task shape the mathematical discourse. They conjecture that divergent tasks, problems with many correct answers, may…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Convergent Thinking, Discourse Modes
