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ERIC Number: EJ970823
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Sep
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0732-3123
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Instructional Identities of Geometry Students
Aaron, Wendy Rose; Herbst, Patricio
Journal of Mathematical Behavior, v31 n3 p382-400 Sep 2012
We inspect the hypothesis that geometry students may be oriented toward how they expect that the teacher will evaluate them as students or otherwise oriented to how they expect that their work will give them opportunities to do mathematics. The results reported here are based on a mixed-methods analysis of twenty-two interviews with high school geometry students. In these interviews students respond to three different tasks that presented students with an opportunity to do a proof. Students' responses are coded according to a scheme based on the hypothesis above. Interviews are also coded using a quantitative linguistic ratio that gauges how prominent the teacher was in the students' opinions about the viability of these proof tasks. These scores were used in a cluster analysis that yielded three student profiles that we characterize using composite profiles. These profiles highlight the different ways that students can experience proof in the geometry classroom. (Contains 10 figures and 6 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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