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Year 3/4 children's forms of justification

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posted on 2014-01-01, 00:00 authored by Wanty WidjajaWanty Widjaja
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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Pagination

694-697

Location

Sydney, N. S. W.

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  • Yes

Start date

2014-06-29

End date

2014-07-03

ISBN-13

9781920846275

ISBN-10

1920846271

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2014, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editor/Contributor(s)

Anderson J, Cavanagh M, Prescott A

Title of proceedings

MERGA 2014 : Curriculum in focus: research guided practice : Proceedings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia 2014 annual conference

Event

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Annual Conference (37th : 2014 : Sydney, N. S. W.)

Publisher

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Place of publication

Adelaide, S. A.

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