Teaching Children How to Use Language to Solve Maths Problems
Teaching Children How to Use Language to Solve Maths Problems
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教孩子如何使用语言解决数学问题
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2006
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Claire Sams
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N. Mercer;Claire Sams
人们经常声称，在进行数学活动时与伙伴一起工作和交谈有利于学生的学习和数学理解的发展。然而，观察性研究表明，小学生在小组课堂活动中往往表现不佳，这意味着他们缺乏管理联合活动的必要技能。我们描述的研究调查了这些问题，并探讨了教师在指导儿童使用语言作为推理工具的技能发展中的作用。它涉及一个名为“一起思考”的介入教学项目，旨在让孩子们能够有效地一起交谈和推理。获得的结果表明，孩子们可以更有效地使用谈话作为推理工具；以谈话为基础的小组活动可以帮助个人数学推理、理解和解决问题的能力的发展。研究结果还证实了这样的观点：数学教师可以在儿童意识的发展和使用语言作为推理工具的过程中发挥重要作用。我们提出了一些可以最有效地发挥这一作用的方法。
It is often claimed that working and talking with partners while carrying out maths activities is beneficial to students’ learning and the development of their mathematical understanding. However, observational research has shown that primary school children often do not work productively in group-based classroom activities, with the implication that they lack the necessary skills to manage their joint activity. The research we describe investigated these issues and also explored the role of the teacher in guiding the development of children’s skills in using language as a tool for reasoning. It involved an interventional teaching programme called Thinking Together, designed to enable children to talk and reason together effectively. The results obtained indicate that children can be enabled to use talk more effectively as a tool for reasoning; and that talk-based group activities can help the development of individuals’ mathematical reasoning, understanding and problem-solving. The results also encourage the view that the teacher of mathematics can play an important role in the development of children’s awareness and use of language as a tool for reasoning. We suggest some ways that this role can be carried out most effectively.