Researching Mathematics Classrooms: A Critical Examination of Methodology (International Perspectives on Mathematics Education,)

Critique of research methods and methodology is one of several key features of the regular dialogue between researchers. This critique takes place formally at conferences and seminars, and regularly in universities. Published critique is normally separated from the original work. This book brings together the writing of researcher and independent critique. Thus the book exposes to wider scrutiny the dialogue that exists between researchers. It will be of interest to all who are concerned to understand the nature and substance of this critique.The volume comprises a collection of accounts of classroom studies, each complemented by the reaction of an eminent researcher. The accounts and reactions are written to expose the nature of methodology of classroom research. It argues that methodology encompasses the choice of methods and the researchers' beliefs and values. Cover......Page 1 International Perspectives on Mathematics Education......Page 3 Researching Mathematics Classrooms: A Critical Examination of Methodology......Page 4 1567506666......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Tables and Figures......Page 8 Series Foreword......Page 10 Introduction......Page 12 1 Methodology and Methods in Mathematics Education Research: Where Is “The Why”?......Page 16 2 Students-Teacher Interactions and the Development of Students’ Mathematical Thinking......Page 26 3 Exploring Students’ Goals in Classroom Activity......Page 54 4 Special Educational Needs in Mathematics - A Problem Developed in School?......Page 82 5 A Methodology of Classroom Teaching Experiments......Page 106 6 Context and Content: What Are Student Teachers Learning about Teaching Mathematics ?......Page 134 7 Longitudinal Measurement of Student Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics......Page 170 Afterword: Applying the Theory to the “Practice” in This Book......Page 214 Index......Page 224 About the Contributors......Page 232 Introduction / Simon Goodchild and Lyn English Methodology and Methods in Mathematics Education Research: Where Is "The Why"? / Leone Burton Students-Teacher Interactions and the Development of Students' Mathematical Thinking / Maria Manuela David and Maria da Penha Lopes Reaction by Anne Watson Exploring Students' Goals in Classroom Activity / Simon Goodchild Reaction by Barbara Jaworski Special Educational Needs in Mathematics A Problem Developed in School? / Nora Linden Reaction by Cyril Julie A Methodology of Classroom Teaching Experiments / Kay McClain Reaction by Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Context and Content: What Are Student Teachers Learning about Teaching Mathematics? / Ruth Shane Reaction by Gilah C. Leder Longitudinal Measurement of Student Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics / Shirley M. Yates Reaction by Wendy Keys Afterword: Applying the Theory to the "Practice" in This Book / Leone Burton. Cover 1 International Perspectives on Mathematics Education 3 Researching Mathematics Classrooms: A Critical Examination of Methodology 4 Copyright 5 1567506666 5 Contents 6 Tables and Figures 8 Series Foreword 10 Introduction 12 1 Methodology and Methods in Mathematics Education Research: Where Is “The Why”? 16 2 Students-Teacher Interactions and the Development of Students’ Mathematical Thinking 26 3 Exploring Students’ Goals in Classroom Activity 54 4 Special Educational Needs in Mathematics - A Problem Developed in School? 82 5 A Methodology of Classroom Teaching Experiments 106 6 Context and Content: What Are Student Teachers Learning about Teaching Mathematics ? 134 7 Longitudinal Measurement of Student Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics 170 Afterword: Applying the Theory to the “Practice” in This Book 214 Index 224 About the Contributors 232 9781567506662 The chapters in this book bring together a wide variety of methods that are applied to exploring what happens in classrooms. In some cases the research activity takes place within the classroom; in others, the research activity is remote from the regular activity of the classroom. The chapters describe the use of interviews, conversations, observation, and questionnaires as means of gathering data. Some chapters describe approaches that aim at minimal disturbance of regular classrooms, while others describe intervention approaches that focus on changing the teachers' strategies or the design of the teaching and learning program. The chapters include examples of the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. [p.xii, ed]

sets Forth Case Studies Of Small-scale Classroom Research In Mathematics Education, Focusing Especially On The Methods Employed And The Methodology Underpinning The Research.