Characteristics of Teachers' Choice of Examples in and for the Mathematics Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Zodik, Iris; Zaslavsky, Orit
Titel	Characteristics of Teachers' Choice of Examples in and for the Mathematics Classroom
Quelle	In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, 69 (2008) 2, S.165-182 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1954
DOI	10.1007/s10649-008-9140-6
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Teachers; Secondary School Mathematics; Grade 9; Grade 8; Grade 7; Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Interviews; Lesson Plans; Observation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Beobachtung
Abstract	The main goal of the study reported in our paper is to characterize teachers' choice of examples in and for the mathematics classroom. Our data is based on 54 lesson observations of five different teachers. Altogether 15 groups of students were observed, three seventh grade, six eighth grade, and six ninth grade classes. The classes varied according to their level--seven classes of top level students and six classes of mixed--average and low level students. In addition, pre and post lesson interviews with the teachers were conducted, and their lesson plans were examined. Data analysis was done in an iterative way, and the categories we explored emerged accordingly. We distinguish between pre-planned and spontaneous examples, and examine their manifestations, as well as the different kinds of underlying considerations teachers employ in making their choices, and the kinds of knowledge they need to draw on. We conclude with a dynamic framework accounting for teachers' choices and generation of examples in the course of teaching mathematics. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10