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Child-Centred Inquiry Learning: How Mathematics Understanding Emerges
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Calder, Nigel; Brough, Chris – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2013
This paper examines how mathematical understandings might emerge through student-centred inquiry. Data is drawn from a research project on student-centred curriculum integration that situated mathematics within authentic problem-solving contexts and involved students in collaboratively constructed curriculum. The project involved case studies in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Curriculum, Inquiry, Problem Solving
Making Mathematics Meaningful: Using Student-Initiated Problems to Situate Mathematics
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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
Mathematics as It Happens: Student-Centred Inquiry Learning
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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