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Enhancing language-responsive meaning-making processes as an epistemic catalyst for developing multiplicative reasoning in young children 增强语言反应意义生成过程作为幼儿发展乘法推理的认知催化剂
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101034
Daniela Götze , Annica Baiker
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Is it a function? Generalizing from single- to multivariable settings 这是一个函数吗?从单变量到多变量设置的泛化
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101036
Allison Dorko
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Learning about multiplication by comparing algorithms: “One times one, but actually they are ten times ten” 通过比较算法学习乘法:“一乘一,但实际上是十乘十”
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101024
Anna Ethelwyn Baccaglini-Frank , Silvia Funghi , Mirko Maracci , Alessandro Ramploud
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How do open-ended problems promote indirect argumentation? Conceptual replications in a Japanese secondary school 开放式问题如何促进间接论证?日本中学的概念复制
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101026
Ryoto Hakamata , Yusuke Uegatani , Toru Hayata
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Investigating two teachers’ development of combinatorial meaning for algebraic structure 考察两位教师对代数结构组合意义的发展
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101039
Lori J. Burch
{"title":"Investigating two teachers’ development of combinatorial meaning for algebraic structure","authors":"Lori J. Burch","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper reports on the results of a four-day teaching experiment that supported two algebra teachers to develop a <em>combinatorial meaning</em> for algebraic structure. The purpose of the teaching episodes was to support the teachers (a) to establish a <em>combinatorial understanding</em> for algebraic structure (Tillema &amp; Burch, 2022) by generalizing the cubic identity, <span><math><mrow><msup><mrow><mfenced><mrow><mi>a</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>b</mi></mrow></mfenced></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mo>=</mo><msup><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup><mo>+</mo><mn>3</mn><msup><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mi>b</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>3</mn><mi>a</mi><msup><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup><mo>+</mo><msup><mrow><mi>b</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span>, as a symbolization of quantitative and combinatorial relationships out of a contextualized problem (Tillema &amp; Gatza, 2016) and (b) to develop a <em>combinatorial meaning</em> as a mobilization of their understanding through a series of algebraic tasks (cf. Thompson et al., 2014). The findings from this study contribute to research literature on teachers’ mathematical meanings within secondary algebra by investigating how teachers’ combinatorial meanings developed and how differences in their combinatorial meanings impacted their algebraic reasoning. The findings demonstrate a combinatorial pathway for supporting the development of expanding and factoring as reversible polynomial operations (cf. Sangwin &amp; Jones, 2017).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50177018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Understanding authority in small-group co-constructions of mathematical proof 理解数学证明的小组共建中的权威性
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101015
Sarah K. Bleiler-Baxter , Jordan E. Kirby , Samuel D. Reed
{"title":"Understanding authority in small-group co-constructions of mathematical proof","authors":"Sarah K. Bleiler-Baxter ,&nbsp;Jordan E. Kirby ,&nbsp;Samuel D. Reed","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Authority becomes <em>shared</em> in mathematics classrooms when perceived sources of valid mathematical knowledge extend beyond the teacher/textbook and allow both students and disciplinary modes of reasoning to hold authority. The goal of this research is to better understand classroom situations that are intended to facilitate shared authority over proof, namely small-group episodes where students are <em>granted</em> authority (Gerson &amp; Bateman, 2010) to co-construct mathematical proofs. We sought to better understand the content of undergraduate students’ attention during group proving and the sources of legitimacy for students. Using Stylianides’ (2007) definition of proof as an analytical frame, we found that student discourse focused primarily upon the mode of argumentation, followed by the mode of argument representation, and then the set of accepted statements. We identified four themes with respect to the sources of authority students relied upon in their group proving: (1) the course rubric, (2) peers’ confidence, (3) form and symbols, and (4) logical structure. Implications for research and practice are presented.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50176930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Measuring interaction quality in mathematics instruction: How differences in operationalizations matter methodologically 衡量数学教学中的互动质量:操作上的差异如何在方法上产生影响
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101054
Kim Quabeck , Kirstin Erath , Susanne Prediger
{"title":"Measuring interaction quality in mathematics instruction: How differences in operationalizations matter methodologically","authors":"Kim Quabeck ,&nbsp;Kirstin Erath ,&nbsp;Susanne Prediger","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Quality of interaction can enhance or constrain students’ mathematical learning opportunities. However, quantitative video studies have measured the quality of interaction with very heterogeneous conceptualizations and operationalizations. This project sought to disentangle typical methodological choices to assess interaction quality in six quality dimensions, each of them in task-based, move-based, and practice-based operationalizations. The empirical part of the study compared different conceptualizations with their corresponding operationalizations and used them to code video data from middle school students (n = 210) organized into 49 small groups who worked on the same curriculum materials. The analysis revealed that different conceptualizations and operationalizations led to substantially different findings, so their distinction turned out to be of high methodological relevance. These results highlight the importance of making methodological choices explicit and call for a stronger academic discourse on how to conceptualize and operationalize interaction quality in video studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50177013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Does collaborative and experiential work influence the solution of real-context estimation problems? A study with prospective teachers 合作和经验工作是否会影响真实上下文估计问题的解决?对未来教师的研究
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101040
C. Segura , I. Ferrando , L. Albarracín
{"title":"Does collaborative and experiential work influence the solution of real-context estimation problems? A study with prospective teachers","authors":"C. Segura ,&nbsp;I. Ferrando ,&nbsp;L. Albarracín","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101040","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although it is a challenge for primary school teachers, real-context estimation problems can be used as an introduction to mathematical modeling. With this aim, we designed a two-phase activity: in the first phase, 224 prospective teachers developed individual action plans to solve a sequence of real-context estimation problems in the classroom; in the second phase, they completed the solution of the same problems working in groups in the real location where the four problems were contextualized. A comparative study showed that, in the second phase, prospective teachers were able to adapt their solutions to contextual features detected <em>in situ</em> that had not been anticipated in the action plans developed during the first phase. Two-phase modeling activities, which permit a comparison of different perspectives on problems, facilitate the experience of collaborative work. These activities could be incorporated into prospective teachers’ initial training as a useful resource for improving their problem-solving expertise.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50176927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Teaching routines and student-centered mathematics instruction: The essential role of conferring to understand student thinking and reasoning 教学常规与以学生为中心的数学教学:讨论对理解学生思维和推理的重要作用
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101032
Eva Thanheiser , Kathleen Melhuish
{"title":"Teaching routines and student-centered mathematics instruction: The essential role of conferring to understand student thinking and reasoning","authors":"Eva Thanheiser ,&nbsp;Kathleen Melhuish","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We compare two lessons with respect to how a teacher centers student mathematical thinking to move instruction forward through enactment of five mathematically productive teaching routines: Conferring To Understand Student Thinking and Reasoning, Structuring Mathematical Student Talk, Working With Selected and Sequenced Student Math Ideas, Working with Public Records of Students’ Mathematical Thinking, and Orchestrating Mathematical Discussion. Findings show that the lessons differ in the enactment of teaching routines, especially Conferring to Understand Student Thinking and Reasoning which resulted in a difference in student-centeredness of the instruction. This difference highlights whose mathematics was being centralized in the classroom and whether the focus was on correct answers and procedures or on students’ mathematical thinking and justifying.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50176936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Proof construction and in-process validation – Validation activities of undergraduates in constructing mathematical proofs 证明构建和过程验证——本科生构建数学证明的验证活动
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Journal of Mathematical Behavior Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101064
Katharina Kirsten , Gilbert Greefrath
{"title":"Proof construction and in-process validation – Validation activities of undergraduates in constructing mathematical proofs","authors":"Katharina Kirsten ,&nbsp;Gilbert Greefrath","doi":"10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Proof construction and proof validation are two situations of high importance in mathematical teaching and research. While both situations have usually been studied separately, the current study focuses on possible intersections. Based on research on acceptance criteria and validation strategies, 11 undergraduates’ proof construction processes are investigated in terms of the effective and non-effective validation activities that occur. By conducting a qualitative content analysis with subsequent type construction, we identified six different validation activities, namely <em>reviewing</em>, <em>rating</em>, <em>correcting errors</em>, <em>reassuring</em>, <em>expressing doubts</em>, and <em>improving</em>. Although some of these activities tend to be associated with successful or unsuccessful proving processes, their effectiveness depends primarily on their specific implementation. For example, reviewing is effective when accompanied by a knowledge-generating approach and based on structure- or meaning-oriented criteria to provide deeper understanding. Thus, the results suggest that difficulties in proof construction could be partly attributed to inadequate validation strategies or their poor implementation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":47481,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Behavior","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50177016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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