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Weber, Keith; Maher, Carolyn; Powell, Arthur; Lee, Hollylynne Stohl – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2008
In the mathematics education literature, there is currently a debate about the mechanisms by which group discussion can contribute to mathematical learning and under what conditions this learning is likely to occur. In this paper, we contribute to this debate by illustrating three learning opportunities that group discussions can create. In…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Group Discussion, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students
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Nilsson, Per – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2007
The purpose of this study is to investigate the ways in which Swedish seventh grade students (12 and 13 years old) handle chance encounters. Four groups of students working in pairs participated in the study. In the group discussions, which were tape-recorded and fully transcribed, the students were encouraged to explore strategies for winning a…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Probability, Foreign Countries, Early Adolescents