Knowledge Construction and Collective Practice: At the Intersection of Learning, Talk, and Social Configurations in a Computer-Mediated Mathematics Classroom.

Enyedy, Noel

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ERIC Number: EJ679800

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Knowledge Construction and Collective Practice: At the Intersection of Learning, Talk, and Social Configurations in a Computer-Mediated Mathematics Classroom.

Enyedy, Noel

Journal of the Learning Sciences, v12 n3 p361-407 2003

Investigates how students' mathematical activities and understandings change as a function of their participation in different social configurations. Examines how the interplay between two social configurations--local investigations at a computer simulation and whole-class discussions--contributes to how 7th grade students learn probabilistic reasoning. Analyses suggest that classroom mathematical practices are developed, in part, for the purpose of settling disputes. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Probability, Social Structure, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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