ERIC Number: EJ969912
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jun
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Supporting Students' Strategic Competence: A Case of a Sixth-Grade Mathematics Classroom
Ozdemir, I. Elif Yetkin; Pape, Stephen J.
Mathematics Education Research Journal, v24 n2 p153-168 Jun 2012
Mathematics education research has documented several classroom practices that might influence student self-regulation. We know little, however, about the ways these classroom practices could be structured in real classroom settings. In this exploratory case study, we purposefully selected a sixth-grade mathematics teacher who had participated in a professional development program focussed on NCTM standards and SRL in the mathematics classroom for extensive classroom observation. The purpose was to explore how and to what extend she structured classroom practices to support strategic competence in her students. Four features of classroom practices were found as evidence for how strategic competence was potentially supported in this classroom: "(a) allowing autonomy and shared responsibility during the early stages of learning, (b) focusing on student understanding, (c) creating contexts for students to learn about strategic learning and to exercise strategic behaviour, and (d) helping students to personalise strategies by recognising their ideas and strategic behaviours."
Descriptors: Grade 6, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Learning Strategies, Competence, Personal Autonomy, Student Responsibility, Comprehension, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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