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Socio-constructivist and socio-cultural lenses on collaborative peer talk in a secondary mathematics classroom

Edwards, Julie-Ann (2009) Socio-constructivist and socio-cultural lenses on collaborative peer talk in a secondary mathematics classroom. Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, 29, (1), 49-54.

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This paper uses socio-constructivist and socio-cultural lenses to examine transcripts of pupils’ peer talk recorded while they were undertaking openended mathematical tasks in a naturalistic classroom setting. I discuss the two theoretical frames and then present episodes of peer talk from pupils
between 12 and 14 years old which demonstrate how a socio-constructivist view of the zone of proximal development is enacted, and how a sociocultural lens offers a window on social aspects of these established working groups which serve to provide the necessary support to enable all members of the group to access the mathematical knowledge being constructed.

Item Type:Article
Additional Information:Proceedings of the day conference held at the University of Cambridge in February 2009
ISSN:1463-6840 (print)
Uncontrolled Keywords:socio-constructivist, socio-cultural, collaborative, group work, socio-mathematical, norms, zone of proximal development
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Subjects:L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Education > Mathematics and Science Education
ePrint ID:68943
Deposited On:09 Oct 2009
Last Modified:03 Jun 2010 16:05

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