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What is Engagement With Student Thinking

Chapter 9
Global Perspectives and Practices for Reform-Based Mathematics Teaching
Defined as the elicitation and use of evidence of student thinking in instruction ( NCTM, 2014 ). This study’s focus was prospective teachers’ elicitation and use of students’ mathematical ideas and strategies around fractions to inform instruction.
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“Who Else Would I Even Talk To?”: Supporting Prospective Teachers' Engagement With Student Thinking Through a Community of Practice
Katherine Baker (Elon University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 25
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9422-3.ch009
Abstract
Engagement with student thinking involves eliciting and using evidence of student thinking in instruction. This case study explored how three prospective elementary teachers engaged with student thinking in mathematics and used this thinking to guide instruction during their student teaching experiences. The prospective teachers were situated at the same school and same grade level and were supported through team meetings facilitated by a mathematics teacher educator. The prospective teachers then voluntarily sustained a community of practice in which they unpacked the pedagogical and content needs of instructional units focused on fractions. Consideration is given to implementation of similar support structures within teacher preparation programs in order to encourage teachers' engagement with student thinking, especially in mathematics.
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