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Mathematics Tutoring through a Constructivist Lens: The Challenges of Sense-Making.

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Arcavi, Abraham; Schoenfeld, Alan H. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1992

Discusses dilemmas teachers may face when shifting their concept of teaching or tutoring from explaining or telling to a constructivist perspective of facilitating the development of students' knowledge structures. Examines teachers' decisions during a 20-minute segment of dialogue between a student and teacher while studying linear functions. (14…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Constructivism (Learning)