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Year 3/4 children's forms of justification
Engaging children in justifying, forming conjectures and generalising is critical to develop their mathematical reasoning. Previous studies have revealed limited opportunities for primary school children to justify their thinking, form conjectures and generalise in mathematics lessons. Forms of justification of Year3/4 children from three schools in Victoria, Australia will be examined. Evidence from children's written explanations and their verbal explanations captured in video recordings revealed that some children employed sophisticated mathamatical ideas in their justifications. The value of making children's reasoning explicit through written explanations and verbal communications is highlighted.
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Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Annual Conference (37th : 2014 : Sydney, N. S. W.)Pagination
694 - 697Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaLocation
Sydney, N. S. W.Place of publication
Adelaide, S. A.Start date
2014-06-29End date
2014-07-03ISBN-13
9781920846275ISBN-10
1920846271Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2014, Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaEditor/Contributor(s)
J Anderson, M Cavanagh, A PrescottTitle of proceedings
MERGA 2014 : Curriculum in focus: research guided practice : Proceedings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2014 annual conferenceUsage metrics
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