Productive Disciplinary Engagement in Collaborative Work Within Mathematics Classrooms

• In Event: Students' Perceptions and Experiences in Mathematics

Abstract

Working collaboratively in small groups can support students to engage meaningfully in disciplinary practices in mathematics classrooms. Researchers have defined this as productive disciplinary engagement (PDE), which is supported in classrooms that embody four principles: problematizing, authority, accountability, and resources. Based on data analysis of middle grade students’ engagement with problem-based curriculum embedded in a digital collaborative environment, we developed an analytic framework that conceptualizes the emergence of PDE during small group work. We articulate key elements of interdependency among principles of PDE, highlighting ways that the principles are mutually constructed. This framework inform research on PDE across contexts, and also for use within professional development settings to support teachers’ noticing of PDE in students’ collaborative work.

Authors

• Kristen Bieda, Michigan State University
  Presenting Author

• Taren Going, Michigan State University
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• Merve Nur Kursav, Dartmouth College
  Presenting Author

• Alden Jack Edson, Michigan State University
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