Given the length and nature of these texts, we recommend that you print
them out in hard copy rather than try to read them off the screen.
- "Rationale for an inquiry
approach to mathematics instruction" (Borasi, 1996) (9 pages). An excerpt from the book
"Reconceiving mathematics instruction: A focus on errors" (Borasi,
1996) has been adapted here to develop a critique of the transmission paradigm
informing traditional schooling and to articulate an alternative set of
assumptions about knowledge, learning and teaching, consistent with an
inquiry approach.
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- "Teaching practices that can support an inquiry
approach to mathematics instruction" (Borasi & Fonzi, 1998) (19 pages
+ appendices). This essay is a compilation of
teaching practices that we derived from the analysis of several inquiry-based
instructional experiences and offer as a resource to support teacher educators
and teachers who are trying to use an inquiry approach in their
own practice. The essay is complemented by four appendices providing the
commented index for segments of our professional development videos that
illustrate the most complex of these practices. You can use the links below
to access either the main text of this essay or one of the commented video
indexes:
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- Appendix A -- highlighting teaching practice for "Modeling"
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- Appendix B -- highlighting teaching practice for "Orchestrating and
facilitating students' inquiry when working in small groups"
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- Appendix C -- highlighting teaching practice for "Orchestrating and
facilitating 'sharing' sessions where students communicate the results
of their inquiries"
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- Appendix D -- highlighting teaching practice for "Orchestrating and
facilitating students' inquiry when working as a whole class"
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