Learning Mathematics Vocabulary: Potential Pitfalls and Instructional Strategies

2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (7) ◽  
pp. 568-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denisse R. Thompson ◽  
Rheta N. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematics Vocabulary ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Key Terms

Do your students speak mathematics, or do they think that the mathematics classroom is another country where they must use a foreign language? Are they sometimes confused or overwhelmed by new vocabulary? Do they misuse words, forget key terms, or ignore important distinctions between words? Do they ask, “Where did anyone ever get a strange word like asymptote?” or “I forget, is twelve a factor or a multiple of twenty-four?”

scholarly journals Student teachers’ perceptions of democracy in the mathematics classroom: Freedom, equality and dialogue

Pythagoras ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wajeeh Daher
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Comparison Method ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Teaching And Learning Mathematics ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Two Stages

This article studies student teachers’ perceptions of the pedagogic and didactic aspects of teaching and learning mathematics in a democratic classroom. It is concerned primarily with issues of democracy in the mathematics classroom, specifically freedom, equality and dialogue. The research was conducted in two mathematics teacher education classes, where students were in their third year of study to major in mathematics. To find these students’ perceptions of democracy in the mathematics classroom the first two stages of the constant comparison method were followed to arrive at categories of democratic and undemocratic acts. The participants in the research emphasised that instructors should refrain from giving some students more time or opportunities to express themselves or act in the mathematics classroom than other students, because this would make them feel unequal and possibly make them unwilling to participate further in the mathematics classroom. The participants also emphasised that instructors should not exert their power to stop the flow of students’ actions in the mathematics classroom, because this would trouble them and make them lose control of their actions. Further, the participants mentioned that instructors would do better to connect to students’ ways of doing mathematics, especially of defining mathematical terms, so that students appreciate the correct ways of doing mathematics and defining its terms.

It's a Home Run! Using Mathematical Discourse to Support the Learning of Statistics

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 250-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Himmelberger ◽  
Daniel L. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
National Council ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Mathematical Ideas ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Procedural Fluency ◽  
Learning Mathematics

The Standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000) state that instructional programs should enable all students to communicate mathematical ideas. The Standards indicate that good communication includes the ability to express organized and precise ideas as well as the ability to analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking of others. Learning mathematics goes beyond procedural fluency; it also includes learning to discuss mathematical ideas. For this purpose, small groups have become a frequent configuration in the mathematics classroom. When combined with a suitable exercise, small-group discussions can have positive effects on mathematical understanding.

Sharing Teaching Ideas: A Linguistic Approach to Learning Mathematics Vocabulary

1983 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 488-497
Author(s):  
Constance F. Milligan ◽  
Jerry L. Milligan
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Experienced Teacher ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Mathematics Vocabulary ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Teaching Ideas

Sharing Teaching Ideas offers practical tips on the teaching of topics related to the secondary school curriculum. We hope to include classroom-tested approaches that offer new slants on familiar subjects for the beginning and the experienced teacher. Please send an original and four copies of your ideas to the managing editor for review.

Factors Predicting Girls' and Boys' Enrollment in College Preparatory Mathematics

1983 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 272-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Spatial Visualization ◽  
College Preparatory ◽  
Mathematics Attitudes ◽  
Math Scores ◽  
Mathematics Vocabulary ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
College Preparatory Mathematics ◽  
Discriminant Analyses ◽  
Math Concepts

Students ( n = 337) tested in the eighth grade were followed up in the eleventh grade to see what courses in the college preparatory math sequence they had elected. Discriminant analyses for girls and boys were performed on the test scores, predicting those electing one, two, three, or four years of college preparatory math. Scores included math achievement (SRA Math Concepts), vocabulary (Cognitive Abilities Test), spatial visualization (Differential Aptitude Test) and the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales II. For girls, the standardized weights of the discriminant function were highest for vocabulary, Confidence in Learning Mathematics, Attitude toward Success in Math, and Effectance Motivation in Mathematics. For boys, they were highest for Confidence in Learning Mathematics, vocabulary, perceived Attitude of Father toward One as a Learner of Mathematics, and Math Concepts. Consistent with results of a previous study, the Confidence in Learning Mathematics Scale emerged as a powerful discriminator of groups differing in mathematics enrollment behavior. Spatial visualization skill was a more important discriminator for females than for males.

scholarly journals The development of pedagogical content knowledge of a mathematics teaching intern: the role of collaboration, curriculum, and classroom context

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bridgette Bond Almond Stevens
Keyword(s):  
Pedagogical Content Knowledge ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Content Knowledge ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Classroom Context ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Pedagogical Content

In this study I examined the role of collaboration, curriculum, and the classroom context in the development of pedagogical content knowledge of a mathematics teaching intern. Additionally, I investigated the nature of the collaborative process between the teaching intern and his mentor teacher as they collaborated on action (during structured planning time) and in action (while students were present). The teaching internship resided in a seventh-grade mathematics classroom during the teaching of a probability unit from a standards-based curriculum, Connected Mathematics Project. Using existing research, a conceptual framework was developed and multiple data sources (audio taped collaborations, observations of the intern's teaching practices, semi-structured interviews, and a mathematics pedagogy assessment) were analyzed in order to understand the teaching intern's development of knowledge of instructional strategies, knowledge of student understandings, curricular knowledge, and conceptions of purpose for teaching probability.Results identified numerous dilemmas related to planning and implementing instruction. Although the teaching intern developed pedagogical content knowledge, he often experienced difficulty accessing it while teaching. Through collaboration, curriculum, and the classroom context, the teaching intern learned to incorporate his pedagogical content knowledge in instruction. Analysis revealed that as he gained new knowledge he was able to shift his focus from content to the use of instructional strategies for teaching and learning. The curriculum was the primary focus of collaboration and initiated the intern's examination of the learning-to-teach process. Collaboration on action and collaboration in action proved to be essential elements in the development of pedagogical content knowledge.

scholarly journals Prospective Teachers’ Belief of an Ideal Mathematics Classroom: Changes over Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-58
Author(s):  
Dhitta Puti Sarasvati Ramli
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Mathematics Classroom ◽  
Prospective Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning Mathematics ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Practice Teaching ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

This research aims to qualitatively portrait the changes of beliefs that the prospective teachers have since they were at the middle of their second year until the end of their third year in university. The data from this research is taken from the reflection the prospective teachers made in February 2017 and an interview done on the same prospective students in May 2019. The research shows that prospective teachers’ belief of an ideal classroom changes over time and their reason is categorized by several reasons such as the courses they take, their experiences when practice teaching students in schools, and also by the exposure they have related to the resources related to teaching and learning mathematics.

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