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Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses

Evans, Sheila; Swan, Malcolm

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Sheila Evans

Malcolm Swan



Abstract

This paper describes intervention resources designed to provide opportunities for student self-regulation, with a particular focus on setting subgoals when problem solving. Each task includes a range of pre-written interrelated “sample student responses” that expose students to multiple perspectives on an unstructured non-routine problem. After students attempt the problem they are given the responses to collaboratively complete, critique and compare. We explore students’ capacity to adopt another person’s (the sample student’s) goals in order to complete a solution, and their capacity, through the use of comparison, to identify worthy criteria when critiquing the completed solutions. We then reflect on how we can make subsequent improvements to the resources.

Citation

Evans, S., & Swan, M. Developing student questioning when problem solving: the role of sample student responses.

Conference Name 9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME9)
End Date Feb 8, 2015
Deposit Date Mar 17, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords Problem solving, comparing solutions, peer assessment.
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/988175
Related Public URLs http://www.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/~erme/index.php?slab=proceedings
Additional Information To be published in: Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.

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