Teaching Mathematics: Toward a Sound Alternative
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...We understand the conceptual framework to be an evolving set of concepts and values comprised of both formulated, or "stateable" (Davis, 1996), and unformulated elements....
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...Such a listening orientation towards teaching promotes a learning environment conducive to and respectful of students’ own sense making and intellectual autonomy (Davis, 1996; Kamii, 1989)....
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...Although there are various ways in which teachers can listen to their students’ mathematical ideas, Davis (1996) reminded us that not all forms of listening are conducive and respectful of students’ thinking....
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...Furthermore, the study builds upon Davis (1996) conceptual categories of teachers’ orientations to listening in mathematics classrooms by using and elaborating the categories of evaluative and interpretive listening as useful ways to characterize and analyze preservice teachers’ interpretations....
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...We need a more concerted strategy in order to help prospective teachers begin to seriously consider Davis’ (1996) vision of “teaching as listening,” where teachers see an open-ended inquiry approach towards their students’ mathematical work as a viable and desirable teaching practice....
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...(See Davis, 1996, for a fuller discussion.)...
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