ICLS 2000 Proceedings
Role of Students' Representations in the Mathematics Classroom
Radha R. Kalathil, Miriam Gamoran Sherin
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University
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Evanston, IL 60208
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Abstract: Learning science research has examined how external representations can be used to foster student reasoning and understanding. This paper describes additional roles that students' representations play in a reform mathematics classroom. The paper describes three ways in which students' representations were used in a classroom: (a) to provide information on how an individual student thinks about a mathematical issue, (b) to provide information on patterns and trends in knowledge across students, and (c) to serve as an classroom tool for the students and teacher.
Keywords: Curriculum, mathematics education, teacher learning
Preferred Citation Format:
Kalathil, R.R., & Sherin, M.G. (2000). Role of Students' Representations
in the Mathematics Classroom. In B. Fishman & S. O'Connor-Divelbiss (Eds.),
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the Learning Sciences
(pp. 27-28). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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