THE ROLE OF CURRICULAR REASONING IN MIDDLE GRADES MATHEMATICS TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
Abstract/Description:
We present six aspects of curricular reasoning and illustrate the interactions among teachers, students, mathematics, and curriculum materials using data from Grade 8 teachers as they planned and enacted geometric transformation lessons. We discuss differences across teachers with varying backgrounds and consider how teachers’ curricular reasoning can influence students’ opportunity to learn mathematics.
Presenter:
Shannon Dingman, University of Arkansas; Dawn Teuscher, Brigham Young University; Travis Olson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas