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Teacher Noticing of Justification: Attending to the Complexity of Mathematical Content and Practice
Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
  • Kathleen Mary Melhuish, Portland State University
  • Eva Thanheiser, Portland State University
  • Jodi I. Fasteen, Portland State University
  • Julie Fredericks, Teachers Development Group
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Subjects
  • Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary),
  • Effective teaching,
  • Mathematical ability,
  • Mathematics teachers--Training of
Abstract

In this report, we will consider in-service elementary school teachers' noticing of the mathematical practice: justification. This study is part of a larger project evaluating the efficacy of a three year professional development built around attending to student thinking and promoting mathematical habits of justifying, generalizing and making sense. Noticing just¢cation is a complex task requiring attention to both the (1) mathematical content and strategies and (2) the nature of the argument provided by a student. We have found that teachers' struggle to attend to both aspects simultaneously and offer a framework for considering teacher noticing of mathematical practices.

Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/29991
Citation Information
Melhuish, K., Thanheiser, E., Fasteen, J., & Fredericks, J. (2015). Teacher noticing of justification: Attending to the complexity of mathematical content and practice. In Bartell, T. G., Bieda, K. N., Putnam, R. T., Bradfield, K., & Dominguez, H. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (pp. 748- 755).