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Swidan, Osama; Cusi, Annalisa; Robutti, Ornella; Arzarello, Ferdinando – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2023
This paper introduces a model built upon the Method of Varying Inquiry, offering a didactical approach to problem posing and solving activities that stimulates inquiry-based learning in mathematics classrooms. The model combines the inquiry-based framework with the variation theory and with specific didactical and theoretical elements (the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Dooley, Thérèse; Grimes, Paul – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2023
In this article, we analyse a script of an imagined classroom interaction from the perspectives of politeness and positioning. The script was written by a prospective teacher, Cara, as part of her Lesson Play. The Lesson Play was prompted by her reflection on how the needs of students who are disaffected with mathematics might be met, an issue…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, Lesson Plans, Preservice Teachers
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Lunney Borden, Lisa; Throop-Robinson, Evan; Carter, Ellen; Prosper, Suzanna – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2021
Building from the concept of verbing mathematics as a culturally consistent and enabling mathematics education practice for Mi'kmaw learners, the authors present an elementary multiplication lesson affectionately named "Sets of, Rows of, Jumps of". Through examination of this specific set of tasks emerging notions of structuring, play,…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes