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We report on initial results of a three-year longitudinal study into the development of mathematical ideas and forms of reasoning that students in middle school build in an informal, after-school environment. Twenty-four sixth graders from an economically depressed, urban school district investigate well-defined, open-ended tasks during eight, one and a half hour sessions in the fall of 2004. From students’ observations of and actions with physical objects (Cuisenaire rods) while solving problems, we report on their initial explorations and give examples of their reasoning. Through their actions, observations, and explanations, we observe students building a foundational understanding of ideas about and operations with fractions. |
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Name: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education URL: http://www.pmena.org
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| powell, arthur., Maher, Carolyn. and Alston, alice. "Ideas, Sense Making, and the Early Development of Reasoning in an Informal Mathematics Setting" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Oct 21, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p117672_index.html> |
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| powell, a. b., Maher, C. A. and Alston, a. S. , 2004-10-21 "Ideas, Sense Making, and the Early Development of Reasoning in an Informal Mathematics Setting" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p117672_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: We report on initial results of a three-year longitudinal study into the development of mathematical ideas and forms of reasoning that students in middle school build in an informal, after-school environment. Twenty-four sixth graders from an economically depressed, urban school district investigate well-defined, open-ended tasks during eight, one and a half hour sessions in the fall of 2004. From students’ observations of and actions with physical objects (Cuisenaire rods) while solving problems, we report on their initial explorations and give examples of their reasoning. Through their actions, observations, and explanations, we observe students building a foundational understanding of ideas about and operations with fractions. |
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| Ideas Sense Making and the Early Development of Reasoning in an Informal Mathematics Setting* Arthur B. Powell Carolyn A. Maher and Alice S. Alston Rutgers University abpowell@andromeda.rutgers.edu cmaher@rci.rutgers.edu alston@rci.rutgers.edu We report on initial results of a three-year longitudinal basic investigation into the development of mathematical ideas and forms of reasoning that students in middle school build in an informal after-school environment. Thirty sixth-graders from an economically depressed urban school district of 98% African American and Latino students investigate well-defined |
| for studying the development of mathematical ideas and reasoning using videotape data. Journal of Mathematical Behavior 22(4) 405-435. Seeger F. (2002). Research on discourse in the mathematics classroom: A commentary. Educational Studies in Mathematics 49(1-3) 287-297. United States Department of Education (1997 October). Mathematics equals opportunity. White Paper. Washington DC: United States Department of Education. * This work was partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation REC-0309062 (directed by Carolyn A. Maher Arthur B. Powell and |
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