Open-ended Tasks in the Promotion of  Classroom Communication in Mathematics

dc.creator	Floriano VISEU
dc.creator	Inês Bernardo OLIVEIRA
dc.date	2012-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:26:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:26:56Z
dc.identifier	1307-9298
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b194b5001ba6497782fe19088e9945ee
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/21694
dc.description	Mathematics programmes in basic education are currently undergoing reform in Portugal. This paper sets out to see how teachers are putting the new guidelines for the teaching of mathematics intopractice, with particular emphasis on maths communication in the classroom. To achieve this, an experiment in teaching the topic 'Sequences and Regularities' with open-ended tasks, using a qualitative and interpretative approach, is reported. Data were collected during two class observations, from two interviews and by analysing the activities of the students. An exploratory task was chosen in the first lesson and a investigative one in the second. One month separated the two lessons, and during this time the teacher read and discussed texts on mathematics communication. Observation of the first lesson showed that the communication in the classroom was mostly focused on the teacher, which provided little student-student and student-class interaction. In the second observed lesson, the teacher changed the attention she paid to what each student said and did, encouraging the students to ask each other and encouraged student-class and the student-student communication.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
dc.relation	http://www.iejee.com/4_2_2012/IEJEE_4_2_Viseu_Oliveria_287_300.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-9298
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 287-300 (2012)
dc.subject	Reform of mathematics programmes
dc.subject	teaching mathematics
dc.subject	open-ended tasks
dc.subject	forms of communication
dc.subject	sequences and regularities
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Open-ended Tasks in the Promotion of Classroom Communication in Mathematics
dc.type	article