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Responding to students’ ideas

Responding to students' ideas

Responding to Students’ Ideas (RSI)   This code includes the ability to make cogent, reasoned and well-informed responses to unanticipated ideas or suggestions from students These teachers’ responses are to students’ contributions to the (mathematical) development of the lesson. These

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RSI: Scenario 1

Scenario: Solving problems using Schema-Based Instruction Country: Cyprus Grade (student age): Year 5 (age 10-11) Contributed by: Marilena Petrou Context – national, curricular, professional, other Schema-Based Instruction aims to develop students’ understanding of the basic relations found in arithmetic word

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RSI: Scenario 2

Scenario: Róisín teaching equivalence of fractions Country: Ireland Grade (student age): 3rd class (age 8-9) Contributed by: Dolores Corcoran, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Ireland Context – national, curricular, professional, other The Irish primary curriculum proposes that “the child should be

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RSI: Scenario 3

Scenario: Christiana teaching average Country: Cyprus Grade (student age): Year 6 (age 11-12) Contributed by: Marilena Petrou Context – national, curricular, professional, other Christiana was a final year university student in a teacher praparation programme , Teacher training in Cyprus

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RSI: Scenario 4

Scenario: Hans teaching fractions greater than one Country: Norway Grade (student age): Year 5 (age 11-12) Contributed by: Bodil Kleve, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Context – national, curricular, professional, other In our present curriculum LK 06,

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RSI: Scenario 5

Scenario: Heidi revising percentages Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 8 (age 12-13) Contributed by: Anne Thwaites, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other The National Curriculum for mathematics in England includes work on fractions, decimals and

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  • Foundation (17)
    • Theoretical underpinning of pedagogy (4)
    • Awareness of purpose (3)
    • Identifying pupil errors (1)
    • Overt display of subject knowledge (2)
    • Use of mathematical terminology (2)
    • Adherence to textbook (3)
    • Concentration on procedures (2)
  • Transformation (15)
    • Teacher demonstration (2)
    • Use of instructional materials (4)
    • Choice of representations (3)
    • Choice of examples (6)
  • Connection (9)
    • Making connections between procedures (3)
    • Making connections between concepts (1)
    • Anticipation of complexity (3)
    • Decisions about sequencing (1)
    • Recognition of conceptual appropriateness (1)
  • Contingency (12)
    • Responding to students' ideas (6)
    • Deviation from lesson agenda (1)
    • Teacher insight (1)
    • Responding to the (un)availability of tools and resources (4)
  • Uncategorized (5)

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