Making Sense of the Average Concept through Engagement in Model-Eliciting Activities

Autor/inn/en	Shahbari, Juhaina Awawdeh; Tabach, Michal
Titel	Making Sense of the Average Concept through Engagement in Model-Eliciting Activities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 52 (2021) 8, S.1143-1160 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shahbari, Juhaina Awawdeh) ORCID (Tabach, Michal)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-739X
DOI	10.1080/0020739X.2020.1740803
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Benchmarking; Arithmetic; Video Technology; Learning Processes; Mathematical Concepts; Concept Formation; Task Analysis; Preservice Teachers; Discourse Analysis; Teacher Education Programs; Elementary School Teachers; Problem Solving; Modeling (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Aufgabenanalyse; Diskursanalyse; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Problemlösen; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung
Abstract	The modelling approach to teaching and learning mathematics emphasizes the usefulness of mathematics in the real-world. The aim of the current study is to examine whether engagement in modelling activities provides learners an opportunity to expand their knowledge of a specific concept -- the "average" concept. Our data include recordings of four groups of prospective teachers as they worked on two model-eliciting tasks. Their working process was video-recorded and transcribed and their discourse was then analysed via the communicational framework. Specifically, we monitored changes in the participants' use of the word "average." The findings indicate that the participants expanded their use of the word "average" by shifting from references to arithmetic mean and reasonable values to references to benchmark, weighted value and mid-value. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01