Elementary school teachers’ noticing of essential mathematical reasoning forms: justification and generalization
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Many teachers in Melhuish et al.'s (2020) study relied on surface clues while interpreting student generalizations and justifications without making in-depth observations of student thinking.
“Many teachers in Melhuish et al. ' s (2020) study relied on surface clues while interpreting student generalizations and justifications without making in-depth observations of student thinking.”
From Prospective K-8 teachers’ noticing of student justifications and generalizations in the context of analyzing written artifacts and video-records (2021) · cites this paper as Melhuish et al.'s (2020)
Past studies describe teachers' difficulties in either identifying student generalization or justification strategies, making sense of student strategies, or both.
“These studies describe teachers ' difficulties in either identifying student generalization or justification strategies, making sense of student strategies, or both.”
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- Authors
- Melhuish, K., Thanheiser, E., & Guyot, L.
- Affiliations
- Texas State University (US)
- Portland State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Melhuish, Kathleen
- Venue
- Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
- Published
- 2018-06-16
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35-67
- ISSN
- 1386-4416 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-1820
- OpenAlex
- W2808127062
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 9.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (publishedVersion)
- PDXScholar (Portland State University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (1223074)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
- Keywords
- teacher noticing, mathematical justification, mathematical generalization, mathematical reasoning, primary school teachers, teacher self-assessment, teacher professional development, mathematics teaching practice
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