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

Evans, Sheila; Swan, Malcolm

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. Presented at 9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME9)

• Conference Name: 9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME9)
• End Date: Feb 8, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 17, 2016
• 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.