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Batista, Lisa Nguyen; Chapin, Suzanne H. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2019
Classroom discourse is critical to helping students learn mathematics. Interacting with peers and the teacher within a classroom community assists students in building their understanding of mathematical concepts. A discourse community, sometimes referred to as a math-talk learning community, is "a classroom community in which the teacher and…
Descriptors: Discourse Communities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Teachers
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Cantone, Kathleen A. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001
States that cooperative learning in developmental mathematics classes has greater success rates than do traditional remedial courses. Discusses learning communities--in which instructors work with other instructors to help students connect mathematics with other disciplines, and in which there is an increased level of peer interaction--as an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning, Developmental Studies Programs