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Calder, Nigel – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
This paper reports on scaffolding that is situated within a research project that examined the ways mathematical thinking emerged from student-centred inquiry. The project utilised qualitative methods to investigate a case study of a year-10 class (14-15-year-olds), at a new purpose-built secondary school designed to facilitate inquiry learning.…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Centered Learning, Inquiry, Mathematics Education
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Calder, Nigel – Teachers and Curriculum, 2013
This paper examines how mathematical understandings might be facilitated through student-centred inquiry. Data is drawn from a research project on student-centred inquiry learning that situated mathematics within authentic problem-solving contexts and involved students in a collaboratively constructed curriculum. A contemporary interpretive frame…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Centered Learning, Inquiry, Problem Solving
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Brough, Chris; Calder, Nigel – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
Chris Brough and Nigel Calder share two scenarios in which students co-constructed their curriculum through generating their own problem solving and mathematical investigations. This article is a valuable exploration of the benefits of teachers working in partnership with their students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Student Centered Learning
Brough, Chris; Calder, Nigel – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper examines how mathematical understandings might emerge through student-centred inquiry. Data is drawn from a research project on student-centred curriculum integration (CI) that situated mathematics within authentic problem-solving contexts and involved students in collaboratively constructed curriculum. Participatory action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education