Opportunities for explorative participation in different achievement groups

Merav Weingarden*, Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Evidence that grouping students based on their mathematical achievements is detrimental for low achieving students has been accumulating. However, little is known about the opportunities given to students to same different realizations of mathematical objects and to author narratives in different achievement level groups. The purpose of this study is to examine the differences between the opportunities given to students to talk about mathematical objects in different tracks. 34 videotaped mathematics lessons, implementing one identical task (the hexagons task), were analyzed using the Realization Tree Assessment tool (RTA). Results show that the opportunities for explorative participation in low-achievement groups were significantly lower than the opportunities in high-achievement groups.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
EditorsMaitree Inprasitha, Narumon Changsri, Nisakorn Boonsena
PublisherPsychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Pages249-256
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)9786169383031
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 19 Jul 202122 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume4
ISSN (Print)0771-100X
ISSN (Electronic)2790-3648

Conference

Conference44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period19/07/2122/07/21

Funding

FundersFunder number
Trump Foundation220

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