TY - JOUR
T1 - The teacher's mathematical discourse: How is it produced in the classroom and how can it be researched?
AU - Arnal-Bailera, Alberto
AU - Planas, Núria
AU - García-Honrado, Itziar
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - © 2018 Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. All rights reserved. How can we examine if a teacher's discourse in the mathematics classroom is effective according to the goals of communicating a culture of school mathematics and producing opportunities for students to learn contents of this culture? In this paper, we present the construction of a notion of local coherence applied to the oral mathematical discourse in the classroom. We create indicators of coherence and relate them to the generation of mathematics learning opportunities. We illustrate the process with data from two teachers and the characterization of their discourse -its coherence- when teaching with examples. The discussion of grades of coherence and learning opportunities serves to distinguish the teachers' discourses. Drawing on this finding, we evaluate the notion of local coherence.
AB - © 2018 Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. All rights reserved. How can we examine if a teacher's discourse in the mathematics classroom is effective according to the goals of communicating a culture of school mathematics and producing opportunities for students to learn contents of this culture? In this paper, we present the construction of a notion of local coherence applied to the oral mathematical discourse in the classroom. We create indicators of coherence and relate them to the generation of mathematics learning opportunities. We illustrate the process with data from two teachers and the characterization of their discourse -its coherence- when teaching with examples. The discussion of grades of coherence and learning opportunities serves to distinguish the teachers' discourses. Drawing on this finding, we evaluate the notion of local coherence.
KW - Teacher's mathematical discourse
KW - Teaching with examples
KW - Local coherence of discourse
KW - Mathematics learning opportunities
UR - https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=6373914
U2 - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.2240
DO - 10.5565/rev/ensciencias.2240
M3 - Article
SN - 0212-4521
VL - 36
SP - 45
EP - 60
JO - Ensenanza de las Ciencias
JF - Ensenanza de las Ciencias
ER -