Listening figures : listening to learners of mathematics in the secondary school and above

Introduction; 1. What Students Want: A Friendly Mathematics Classroom (Barbara Allen); 2. Learning to Listen (Helen Drury); 3. Matchbox Algebra (Alan Graham and Roger Duke); 4. Listening to learners working with ROBOTS (Sue: Johnston-Wilder); 5. 'If you don't know math people can rob you': secondary students discuss why they learn mathematics (Kenrick Cuffy and Jenny Houssart); 6. Random listenings (Peter Johnston-Wilder); 7. learners revealing awareness and understanding (Shafia Abdul Rahman); 8. Listening as a relation(SHIP) (Andy Begg); 9. Listening to Mathematics undergraduates: what are they telling us? (Melissa Rodd); 10. Listening to mathematics students reflecting on their learning: is our language the same? (Hilary Evens); 11. Learning from listening to yourself (John Mason). Cover 1 Contents 6 Introduction 8 1 What Pupils Want: A Friendly Mathematics Classroom 14 2 Learning to Listen 26 3 Matchbox Algebra 38 4 Listening to Learners Working with Robots 52 5 'If you don't know math, people can rob you': secondary students discuss why they learn mathematics 62 6 Random Listenings 78 7 Awareness and Understanding Revealed 90 8 Listening as a Relation(ship) 106 9 Listening to Mathematics Undergraduates: what are they telling us? 120 10 Listening to Mathematics Students: is our language the same? 130 11 Learning from Listening to yourself 140 Notes on Contributors 156 Index 158 Teachers of mathematics will be encouraged by the examples here to consider the place of learners' voices in their own future teaching. Many of the chapters are based on empirical research and will be of particular interest to teachers carrying out small scale research projects of their own Edited By John Mason And Jenny Houssart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.