TY - JOUR
T1 - Moving students through steps of mathematical knowing
T2 - An account of the practice of an elementary mathematics teacher in transition
AU - Heinz, Karen
AU - Kinzel, Margaret
AU - Simon, Martin A.
AU - Tzur, Ron
N1 - Funding Information: This research is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant REC-9600023. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We present an account of a sixth-grade teacher's practice as she responds to the challenges of current reform initiatives. We analyzed classroom observations and interviews to understand how the teacher, Ivy, teaches and thinks about teaching mathematics to her students. For Ivy, mathematical meaning is available in particular experiences. She creates these experiences for her students by leading them through a predetermined sequence of steps of mathematical knowing. This account contributed to our postulation of a perspective on mathematics learning that we refer to as perception-based, in which the goal of instruction is to create opportunities for students to perceive, first hand, mathematics that exists as part of an external reality. We examine implications of this account of Ivy's practice for mathematics teacher development.
AB - We present an account of a sixth-grade teacher's practice as she responds to the challenges of current reform initiatives. We analyzed classroom observations and interviews to understand how the teacher, Ivy, teaches and thinks about teaching mathematics to her students. For Ivy, mathematical meaning is available in particular experiences. She creates these experiences for her students by leading them through a predetermined sequence of steps of mathematical knowing. This account contributed to our postulation of a perspective on mathematics learning that we refer to as perception-based, in which the goal of instruction is to create opportunities for students to perceive, first hand, mathematics that exists as part of an external reality. We examine implications of this account of Ivy's practice for mathematics teacher development.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0732-3123(00)00037-7
DO - 10.1016/s0732-3123(00)00037-7
M3 - Article
SN - 0732-3123
VL - 19
SP - 83
EP - 107
JO - Journal of Mathematical Behavior
JF - Journal of Mathematical Behavior
IS - 1
ER -