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Noticing affordances of a typical problem
Citation
Choy, B. H., & Dindyal, J. (2017). Noticing affordances of a typical problem. In B. Kaur, W. K. Ho, T. L. Toh, & B. H. Choy (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 249-256). International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
Abstract
Typical mathematics problems, such as examination-type questions, are often used in
classrooms to develop students' procedural fluency. In this article, we describe and
analyse what a secondary school mathematics teacher noticed about the affordances of such a problem, as well as how she orchestrated a mathematically productive discussion using the adapted problem in class. The findings suggest that a teacher's productive noticing of the affordances offered by typical problems can enhance the learning experiences of mathematics students.
Date Issued
2017
ISBN
9789811137426
Description
This paper was published in the 2017 proceedings of the 41st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education held at Singapore from 17 - 22 July 2017