Abstract
Working collaboratively with the researchers, a small team of teachers developed and taught a lesson based on the Teaching for Abstraction model (White & Mitchelmore, 2010). This paper reports how one teacher learned about the model and implemented it in her lesson. It was found that she had assimilated several key features of the model, such as starting with several embodiments of the target concept and guiding students to look for similarities between them. However, she had some difficulty focusing students' attention clearly on the underlying mathematical similarity. It was concluded that teachers need to experience more examples of Teaching for Abstraction before they can to reify and apply the model faithfully.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Mathematics education |
| Subtitle of host publication | expanding horizons : proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia |
| Editors | Jaguthsing Dindyal, Lu Pien Cheng, Swee Fong Ng |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | MERGA |
| Pages | 761-768 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789810725273 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Event | Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (35th : 2012) - Singapore Duration: 2 Jul 2012 → 6 Jul 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (35th : 2012) |
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| City | Singapore |
| Period | 2/07/12 → 6/07/12 |