Recommendations for teachers to foster mathematical communication in mathematics lessons¶

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Description¶

The article's closing recommendations for teachers who need materials to teach mathematical communication skills. Teachers should "strengthen listening comprehension, reading activities (texts, models, diagrams, drawings), and take notes" in mathematical language; instruct students to create speaking or writing mathematical tasks for concepts, theorems, rules, and methods; help students construct and assemble varied communication activities for mathematical situations; and use "interactive learning activities (in a group, in pairs, or in-class discussion)" with diverse solutions and practical elements.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers need lesson plans oriented to communication and tasks with practical elements and multiple suitable representations

Constraints¶

• The article states these recommendations were drawn from a single-class experiment on congruent triangles and suggests the process can also be used for other math topics

Target Learners¶

• junior secondary mathematics students

Target Learning Goals¶

• mathematical communication skills
• connecting mathematics with practice

Affordances¶

• Four Phase Teaching Process Math Communication

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Key Sources¶

• 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