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AUTHOR
Karoline Kongshavn Nilsen
In-Service Teachers’ Perception of the Usefulness of Analyzing their Lower Secondary Students’ Written Argumentation
This study investigates how in-service teachers perceive analyzing their own lower secondary students’ written argumentation as useful. The participants were lower secondary school teachers enrolled in a university mathematics teaching program. The teachers planned and conducted a teaching lesson and wrote a report concerning the argumentation in their students' written work. The qualitative data consist of reports from in-service teachers and transcriptions of five follow-up interviews. Findings suggest that the teachers perceived the analysis useful for gaining insight into various parts of the students' prerequisites, establishing a basis for facilitating instruction, and acquiring know…
EVU-studenters oppfattelse av nytte ved analyse av egne elevers resonnement og argumentasjon – En kvalitativ casestudie
Master's thesis in Mathematics education (MA502) This qualitative case study investigated what in-service teachers viewed as useful in evaluating their own students' reasoning and argumentation. This was done in response to the following research question: How do in-service teachers perceive analyzing their students’ written reasoning and argumentation as useful? The theoretical framework for the study was a proof definition for school mathematics. It also sheds light on what knowledge the teacher requires to succeed in engaging students in proof, as well as what challenges the teacher faces. The findings in this study were discussed in light of the theoretical framework. The study’ spartic…