Conference paper
THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN ONLINE MATHEMATICS COURSES FOR TEACHERS
PME 33: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 33RD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, VOL 1, Vol.1, pp.468-468
01 Jan 2009
Abstract
We will discuss our recent work in Proportional and Algebraic Reasoning, an online 10-week, content-based courses in the master’s degree program in mathematics education. In this course, we have two explicit goals: (1) supporting teachers’ mathematical development and (2) using the residue from their mathematical collaboration as seeds for second-order conversations that support teachers in moving from their current understanding towards deeper mathematics, mathematical practices and pedagogical practices. To support mathematical development, we use Online Asynchronous Collaboration (OAC) (Clay & Silverman, 2009), a model for online mathematical interaction that was developed primarily to scaffold participants’ engagement in legitimate mathematical practices online. OAC involves cycles of individual private mathematical work, small group discussions, and instructor led synthetic discussions of emergent issues. We will present examples of a brief segment of mathematical interaction and use this segment to demonstrate the mathematical development of individual participants and also to highlight potential learning opportunities, that although may be lost in a face-to-face class, can be capitalized on in OAC. We will conclude by presenting three “emergent prompts” that are grounded in analysis of the online interactions and our conjectures about supporting teacher development at the intersection of their existing understandings and our instructional objectives.
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- Title
- THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN ONLINE MATHEMATICS COURSES FOR TEACHERS
- Creators
- Jason Silverman - Drexel UniversityEllen Clay - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- PME 33: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 33RD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, VOL 1, Vol.1, pp.468-468
- Conference
- 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 33), 33rd (Thessaloniki, Greece, 19 Jul 2009–24 Jul 2009)
- Series
- PME Conference Proceedings
- Publisher
- Int Grp Psychol Math Educ
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education; Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
- Identifiers
- 991019170505904721
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