Talking while Computing in Groups: The Not-so-Private Functions of Computational Private Speech in Mathematical Discussions

Autor/inn/en	Zahner, William; Moschkovich, Judit
Titel	Talking while Computing in Groups: The Not-so-Private Functions of Computational Private Speech in Mathematical Discussions
Quelle	In: Mind, Culture, and Activity, 17 (2010) 3, S.265-283 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1074-9039
Schlagwörter	Inner Speech (Subvocal); Sociolinguistics; Computation; Middle Schools; Group Discussion; Mathematics Instruction; Problem Solving; Psychology; Schemata (Cognition); Evaluation Methods; Grade 6; Grade 8; Elementary Secondary Education; Bilingual Education; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inneres Sprechen; Soziolinguistik; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Gruppendiskussion; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Problemlösen; Psychologie; Cognition; Schema; Kognition; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Kalifornien
Abstract	Students often voice computations during group discussions of mathematics problems. Yet, this type of private speech has received little attention from mathematics educators or researchers. In this article, we use excerpts from middle school students' group mathematical discussions to illustrate and describe "computational private speech." We analyze four examples of computational private speech using lenses from neo-Vygotskian psychology, sociolinguistics, and distributed cognition. Our analyses of computational private speech challenge the individualistic developmental assumptions of some neo-Vygotskian theories of private speech, and we show how this form of private speech can serve socio-cognitive functions during group mathematical discussions. (Contains 6 figures, 5 excerpts, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10