The purpose, design and use of examples in the teaching of elementary mathematics |
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| Authors: | Tim Rowland |
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| Institution: | (1) University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
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| Abstract: | This empirical paper considers the different purposes for which teachers use examples in elementary mathematics teaching,
and how well the actual examples used fit these intended purposes. For this study, 24 mathematics lessons taught by prospective
elementary school teachers were videotaped. In the spirit of grounded theory, the purpose of the analysis of these lessons
was to discover, and to construct theories around, the ways that these novice teachers could be seen to draw upon their mathematics
teaching knowledge-base in their lesson preparation and in their observed classroom instruction. A highly-pervasive dimension
of the findings was these teachers’ choice and use of examples. Four categories of uses of examples are identified and exemplified:
these are related to different kinds of teacher awareness.
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| Keywords: | Examples Mathematics Teaching Elementary |
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