Managing students’ non-canonical approaches to solving equations: Linguistic resources teachers use to respond to students’ mathematical work
dc.contributor.author | Brown, Amanda | |
dc.contributor.author | Strickland, Sharon | |
dc.contributor.author | Orly, Buchbinder | |
dc.contributor.author | Daniel, Chazan | |
dc.contributor.author | Herbst, Patricio | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-07T15:22:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-07T15:22:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-01-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Brown, A. M., Strickland, S., Buchbinder, O., Chazan, D., & Herbst, P. (2022, January). Managing students’ non-canonical approaches to solving equations: Linguistic resources teachers use to respond to students’ mathematical work. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics-Research (NCTM-Research). Virtual 2021 Conference Moved to 2022. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/171960 | en |
dc.description.abstract | A historical review of mathematics curriculum suggests a long-standing canonical method to solving equations that teachers often see as “the” way to solve equations. In this paper, we examine data collected from a nationally-distributed sample of 524 secondary mathematics teachers who responded to a set of scenario-based survey items that represent the instructional situation of solving equations. The items featured scenarios in which students presented non- canonical solution methods and asked participants to share how they would respond to that situation. Using a framework that draws on systemic functional linguistics, we describe patterns in the various linguistic resources teachers use to manage the situation. While closed moves are frequently used to avoid discussion of non-canonical methods, our results suggest that teachers find ways to make regular use of: (1) closed moves when accommodating students' non- canonical solution methods and (2) open moves when steering the conversation back to the canonical solution method. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The work presented here has been done with the support of NSF Grant DRL- 0918425 to P. Herbst. All opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of NSF. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | secondary mathematics instruction, practical rationality, teachers' decision making, algebra 1, solving equations, instructional situation, norms | en_US |
dc.title | Managing students’ non-canonical approaches to solving equations: Linguistic resources teachers use to respond to students’ mathematical work | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | NoIndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Education | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Mathematics Department, Texas State University | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Hampshire | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/171960/1/NCTM 2022 Research Conference_ Algebra Decision_Brown_Strickland_Buchbinder_Chazan_Herbst.pdf | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/4261 | |
dc.identifier.source | Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics-Research (NCTM-Research). | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-1052-8311 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-4809-9279 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-4809-9279 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-3593-8483 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2335-6830 | en_US |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of NCTM 2022 Research Conference_ Algebra Decision_Brown_Strickland_Buchbinder_Chazan_Herbst.pdf : Main Article | |
dc.description.depositor | SELF | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Brown, Amanda; 0000-0003-1052-8311 | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | BUchbinder, Orly; 0000-0002-4809-9279 | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Chazan, Daniel; 0000-0002-3593-8483 | en_US |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Herbst, Patricio; 0000-0002-2335-6830 | en_US |
dc.working.doi | 10.7302/4261 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Education, School of |
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