Tracking Relational Dynamics in Mathematics Teacher Collaborative Decision-Making: A Dialogue Mapping Approach

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Abstract

Collaborative spaces are becoming increasingly central to how teachers develop instructional decisions. However, the complexity of human conversation makes it challenging to study how such decisions are made collectively. This study proposes dialogue mapping as a research method to visually represent and analyze teachers’ collaborative decision-making during lesson design. Findings focus on the critical issue of selecting and sequencing the student work, indicating that dialogue mapping effectively structures non-linear, nested conversations, identifies critical decision moments, and facilitates clear comparisons of the arguments from different teacher groups.

Authors

• Qiuyu Chen, University of Michigan

• Amanda Marie Milewski, University of Michigan