Mathematical investigations in the classroom: A collaborative project

This paper presents some work developed through a collaborative project involving mathematics teachers and teacher educators, aimed at the development of classroom tasks involving students in mathematical investigations and the study of related teaching styles. We give a general overview of the proj...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Hélia (author)
Other Authors: Segurado, Irene (author), Ponte, João Pedro da (author), Cunha, Helena (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/4087
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/4087
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Summary:This paper presents some work developed through a collaborative project involving mathematics teachers and teacher educators, aimed at the development of classroom tasks involving students in mathematical investigations and the study of related teaching styles. We give a general overview of the project and present one task dealing with the concepts of powers and exponents. Then, we describe how it was used in the classroom (grade levels 5-7), and present our experience about the role and the activity of the teacher in the process of organizing, conducting and reflecting about this kind of activity.