02 04 09 10 MTE 494 Analyzing a Students Mathematical Thinking and a Teacher s Pedagogical Strategies This is a two part activity that entails 1 working solving a math problem given in a recent High School course on reasoning about quantities and quantitative relationships and then 2 analyzing and understanding the mathematical thinking of a real student as he engages with the problem Directives Please attempt Part 1 individually before sharing with a partner Work the problem from the point of view of the meaning of fractions multiplication and measure we have elaborated in our course Try to be cognizant of your reasoning in terms of these meanings in solving the problem and take note of any conceptual issues entailed in working solving it Discuss these with your partner View the video of Chuck working the same problem Aim to understand and describe the following aspects a Chuck s thinking reasoning and any conceptual issues entailed in his efforts to work the problem b The teacher interviewer s moves and strategies his questions prompts and sub tasks in relation to Chuck s thinking and their impact on that thinking Second viewing 02 09 Document some key pedagogical strategies employed by the teacher that aimed to shape Chuck s thinking and approach Doing so entails describing the following Specific examples of what the teacher said and or did An inferred rationale for the teacher s actions what was he responding to and what were his aims in relation to Chuck s reasoning The effect if any of the teacher s action on Chuck s thinking and behavior Organize your documentation in an action reason effect table Teacher action Reason for the action 1 Effect on student s 02 04 09 10 thinking or behavior 2
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