Lack of confidence and inappropriate language use were observed obstacles to students' mathematical communication during the experiment¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Observations showed most students struggled to speak in front of peers due to lack of confidence and inappropriate language use. → Uyen 2021

Evidence¶

Uyen 2021¶

Uyen, B. P., Tong, D. H., & Tram, N. T. B. (2021). Developing mathematical communication skills for students in grade 8 in teaching congruent triangle topics. European Journal of Educational Research, 10(3), 1287-1302. https://doi.org/10.12973/eu-jer.10.3.1287

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Pedagogical observations, quick interviews, and worksheet analysis during the experimental teaching. The article also notes students misused difficult-to-understand words mixing natural language and math, and that notes were often haphazard or slow, so the teacher needed to help students overcome fear of being wrong or ridiculed.

"While it was confirmed that most students struggled to speak in front of their peers, this was due to a lack of confidence, an inability to speak confidently, and inappropriate language use."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Self-Efficacy — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
• Academic Self-Concept — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Learners' task-specific self-efficacy beliefs predict whether they initiate, persist through, and recover from difficulty on academic tasks. — a broader claim this one bears on
• Learner errors arise from interlingual transfer, intralingual overgeneralization, cultural interference, and communicative strategies — related
• Language difficulties, rather than inherent inability to grasp numerical concepts, may often underlie struggles in mathematics — related
• Metacognitive prompts during collaboration improve communication of knowledge and its underlying assumptions — related
• Speaking practice opportunities and teacher support reduced classroom anxiety and increased self-efficacy for one learner — related
• Lack of practice ranks fourth among speaking anxiety sources, which the authors suggest may be due to teacher-centered Iranian classrooms — related