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EFFECTS OF DISCUSSION AND WRITING ON STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS
| Title: | EFFECTS OF DISCUSSION AND WRITING ON STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS. |
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| Name(s): |
Roicki, Joseph, Author Ortiz, Enrique, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2008 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | For this action research project, I wanted to examine my practice of teaching mathematics. Specifically, I encouraged students to improve their communication skills during my math class through daily discussion and writing tasks. After establishing a class set of sociomathematical norms, the students solved problems provided by the Every Day Counts: Calendar Math program and used verbal and written formats to describe their problem solving methods and reasons. My study showed the effects of using discussion and writing to help students develop their conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas. Focus was placed on the quality of daily discussions and written tasks both at the beginning of the study and continually as the study progressed. Through daily discussions, monthly written assessments, and student interviews, the study helped to determine the importance of developing students' mathematical communication skills and building conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0002026 (IID), ucf:47627 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2008-05-01 M.Ed. Education, Department of Teaching and Learning Principles Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
mathematics elementary students writing discourse discussion constructivism conceptual understanding |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002026 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
