Equitable Mathematics Classroom Discourse

Widdowson and Classroom Discourse

  Drawing on recent developments in linguistic description and applied linguistics, it can be concluded that learning a language necessitates getting to know something and being able to do something with that knowledge: competence, and performance. Structural approach to language description attaches importance to the former; communicative approach to the latter. Appropriate classroom discours...

Classroom Notes in Applied Mathematics

In this paper it is shown by elementary methods that in codimension two and under the assumption that light rays are straight lines, a caustic is the catastrophe set for a timefunction. The general case is also discussed. 1980 AMS Mathematics subject classification 58C28

Mathematics. Cognitive supports for analogies in the mathematics classroom.

Automatic classification of activities in classroom discourse

Classroom discourse is the primary medium through which teaching and learning occur. Managed skillfully, it can provide an opportunity for students to develop their understanding and to profit from the ideas of their peers and the teacher. Yet it is difficult for teachers to be mindful of the nature and distribution of classroom discourse at the same time as they juggle other instructional conc...

Classroom discourse: teaching, learning, and learning disabilities

This study examined teacher}student discourse from a sociocultural perspective in order to ascertain the nature of e!ective instruction for school-age students with learning disabilities. This discussion examines one teacher's resource room instruction that was part of a larger study of teacher}student discourse. The results suggested two considerations: (1) the importance of teacher self-re#ec...