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Banting, Nat; Simmt, Elaine – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
In this paper we frame our observations in enactivism, specifically problem posing, to propose the notion of problem drift as a method to analyze the curriculum generating actions of small group learning systems in relation to teacher interventions intended to trigger specific content goals. Teacher attentiveness to problem drift is suggested to…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Small Group Instruction, Intervention
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Tang, Xiaowei; Coffey, Janet E.; Elby, Andy; Levin, Daniel M. – Science Education, 2010
Typically, the scientific method in science classrooms takes the form of discrete, ordered steps meant to guide students' inquiry. In this paper, we examine how focusing on the scientific method as discrete steps affects students' inquiry and teachers' perceptions thereof. To do so, we study a ninth-grade environmental science class in which…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Discourse Analysis, Inquiry, Learner Engagement