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Elements of Effective Tasks in Creating Positive Dispositions: A Capstone Project
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)
Research has shown that while the discipline of mathematics focuses on negotiation, interpretation, and uncertainty, classroom mathematics often focus on rigidity, rules, and prescribed algorithms. This misalignment of ...
Developing Agency within the Middle-School Mathematics Classroom: Authenticating the Interrelationship between Mathematical and Social Identity
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-04)
In the traditional middle school mathematics classroom, learning is viewed as a passive process in which students receive knowledge via the didactic instruction of the teacher. Learning is a social process, however, and ...