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Instructional Tasks and the Development of Student Capacity to Think and Reason: An Analysis of the Relationship between Teaching and Learning in a Reform Mathematics Project

Stein, Mary Kay, Lane, Suzanne·1996·Educational Research and Evaluation
DOI 10.1080/1380361960020103
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In the present study the relationship between teaching and learning was examined using a conceptual framework that links dimensions of instructional tasks with gains in student learning outcomes. The greatest student gains on a performance assessment consisting of tasks that require high levels of mathematical thinking and reasoning were related to the use of instructional tasks that engaged students in the “doing of mathematics” or the use of procedures with connections to meaning. In addition, student performance gains were greater for those sites whose tasks were both set up and implemented to encourage the use of multiple solution strategies, multiple representations, and explanations. Whereas, student performance gains were relatively small for those sites whose tasks tended to be both set up and implemented in a procedural manner and that required a single solution strategy, single representations, and little or no mathematical communication.

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Authors
Stein, M. K., & Lane, S.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Stein, Mary Kay
ORCID
Venue
Educational Research and Evaluation
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1996-01
Volume
2
Issue
1
Pages
50-80
ISSN
  • 1380-3611 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-4187
DOI
10.1080/1380361960020103
OpenAlex
W2087109204
Cited by
592
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 41 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 41 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 25
FWCI
15.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Educational Research and Evaluation (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
  • Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Programs
Keywords
teaching tasks, mathematical thinking, mathematical reasoning, teaching-learning relationship, mathematics education reform, performance evaluation, multiple solution strategies, multiple representations, mathematical communication, learning outcomes

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