Types and features of dialogical tasks from mathematics teachers' perspective

Reut Parasha, Boris Koichu

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Abstract

This study aims to examine the types of mathematical tasks that teachers select or modify to elicit argumentative dialogue among students, and to identify the dialogical characteristics attributed to these tasks by teachers. The data were collected in a task-based PD program aimed at fostering dialogical teaching in mathematics classrooms. The results indicate that when it comes to the independent selection or modification of a task, many types are considered, but most of the teachers prefer tasks that based on explication of students' mistakes and misconceptions. Additionally, we identified three features of tasks that make them dialogical from the teacher's perspective: Triggering cognitive conflict, mathematical complexity, and encouraging multiple solutions or approaches to the same problem.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2023
EditorsMichal Ayalon, Boris Koichu, Roza Leikin, Laurie Rubel, Michal Tabach
Pages19-26
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2023
Event46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023 - Haifa, Israel
Duration: 16 Jul 202221 Jul 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume4

Conference

Conference46th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2023
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityHaifa
Period16/07/2221/07/22

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education

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