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ERIC Number: ED584234
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Nov
Pages: 8
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The Narrative Structure of Mathematics Lectures
Weinberg, Aaron; Wiesner, Emilie; Fukawa-Connelly, Tim
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (37th, East Lansing, MI, Nov 5-8, 2015)
Although lecture is the traditional method of university mathematics instruction, there has been little empirical research that describes the structure of lectures. In this paper, we apply ideas from narrative analysis to an upper-level mathematics lecture. We develop a framework that enables us to conceptualize the lecture as consisting of collections of narratives, to identify connections between the narratives, and to use the narrative structure to identify key features of the lecture. By looking at repetitions of the mathematical concepts across the narratives, graph theory tools provide a means of examining the structure of the lecture. The analysis highlights the demands that students may face to understand the connections between the various mathematical ideas that the instructor introduces. [For the complete proceedings, see ED583989.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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