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Ozgur, Zekiye; Reiten, Lindsay; Ellis, Amy B. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
Supporting students' mathematical reasoning is an important goal of mathematics instruction, but can be challenging for many teachers .We report the results of a study aimed at better understanding and identifying the ways in which teachers support student reasoning when provided with conceptually rich tasks. This study resulted in the Teacher…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities, Educational Practices
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Truxaw, Mary P.; DeFranco, Thomas C. – Mathematics Teacher, 2007
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has consistently recognized communication as essential to reform-oriented mathematics teaching (NCTM 1991, 2000). In this article, the authors propose a strategic mix of univocal and dialogic discourse that, when used in conjunction with an "inductive model of teaching," can promote…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Classroom Techniques, Teaching Models