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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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AC: Scenario 3

Scenario: Nóirín teaching fraction concepts Country: Ireland Grade (student age): 5th Class (age 10-11) Contributed by: Dolores Corcoran, St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Ireland Context – national, curricular, professional, other Nóirín is an undergraduate student in her final year in a

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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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Counting (1) Cyprus (5) Data (1) Fractions (8) Geometry (1) Ireland (2) Italy (2) Norway (6) Operations (6) Percentages (2) Problem Solving (2) Reception/Kindergarten (1) Secondary (5) Turkey (1) UK (14) USA (3)
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