ERIC Number: EJ735624
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Apr
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1386-4416
How Students Verify Conjectures: Teachers' Expectations
Bergqvist, Tomas
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, v8 n2 p171-191 Apr 2005
Eight teachers were interviewed concerning how students verify conjectures. The study is a sequel to a previous study, "How Students Verify Conjectures" [Bergqvist, T. (2000). "How students verify conjectures." "Research reports in Mathematics Education" 3]. Teachers' expectations of students' reasoning and performance are examined, and also how they wish students would work. The results indicate that the teachers tend to underestimate the students' reasoning levels and that they believe that only a small group of students in each class can use higher level reasoning in mathematics.
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Hypothesis Testing, Teacher Expectations of Students, Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning, Interviews, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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