Three Moment Architecture for secondary mathematics lessons with English Learners¶
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Description¶
Three Moment Architecture is a bounded instructional sequence in which a lesson, possibly spanning several class periods, moves through three distinct moments with different pedagogical purposes: Preparing the Learners, Interacting With the Concept, and Extending Understanding. The brief uses it to structure how defining evolves: working definitions generated early enable exploration, and more formal definitions emerge later. The authors present it as "a bounded instructional sequence" that may help rethink how definitions are handled in secondary mathematics.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Lessons must connect students' prior knowledge with the main ideas during Preparing the Learners, then provide exploration across multiple representations, procedures, and contexts before formalizing definitions in Extending Understanding.
Constraints¶
Target Learners¶
- secondary English Learners in 8th–9th grade mathematics
Learning Goals¶
- accessing and exploring mathematical ideas deeply
- developing and formalizing mathematical definitions
- engaging in deductive reasoning
Claims¶
- Textbook Scan Definitions Before Ideas Vague Verbose Repetitive [+M]
Related Designs¶
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Key Sources¶
- Chu, H., Tran, T., & Hamburger, L. (2022). Redefining approaches for engaging English Learners with mathematical ideas. WestEd. https://www.wested.org/
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Three Moment Architecture for secondary mathematics lessons with English Learners |
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Three Moment Architecture is a bounded instructional sequence in which a lesson, possibly spanning several class periods, moves through three distinct moments with different pedagogical purposes: Preparing the Learner... |
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