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Pre-Service Teachers’ Engagement In A Discourse About Integers From A Sfardian Perspective
July 23, 2018,
10:30 am - 11:30 am
Location
Center for Environmental and Life Sciences - 428
Posted InCollege of Science and Mathematics
Mathematical Scienceshttps://www.montclair.edu/mathematical-sciences/
Abstract
This study describes the way 14 preservice teachers engaged in discourse about integers. The discourse being examined is framed by Sfard’s view of a discourse as being composed of the four elements word use, visual mediators, routines, and narratives (Sfard, 2008). These elements combine to form a means for people to exchange and preserve ideas and coordinate actions within a society. Each of the participants in this study engaged in a seven question, semi-structured interview (Merriam, 2009), which included prompts for the enactment of computations modeled with colored chips and the number line, in addition to written and spoken representations.
Dissertation Committee
- Dr. Erin Krupa, Dissertation Chair
- Dr. Eileen Fernández
- Dr. Steven Greenstein