Promoting Mathematical Discourse

I want to facilitate and promote better discourse among my students.  About 40% of the lessons in the core math class that I teach are flipped.  For me, the biggest challenge in the flipped classroom is developing valuable tasks for students that will extend and build on the content presented in the video watched by students before class.  The quality of the group discussion and problem-solving that takes place in class are critical for students to benefit from the flipped structure.  I found the list of resources below on an NCTM website about promoting mathematical discourse.  Time to get reading!

• Breyfogle, M. L., & Herbel, B. A. (2004, April). Focusing on students’ mathematical thinking. Mathematics Teacher, 97, 244-247.
• Choppin, J. M. (2007, November). Teacher orchestrated classroom arguments.Mathematics Teacher, 101, 306-310.
• Fernsten, L. A. (2007, November). A writing workshop in mathematics: Community practice of content discourse. Mathematics Teacher, 101, 273-278.
• Himmelberger, K. S., & Schwartz, D. L. (2007, November). It’s a home run: Using mathematical discourse to support the learning of statistics. Mathematics Teacher, 101, 250-255.
• Kitchen, R. S. (2004, January). Challenges associated with developing discursive classrooms in high-poverty, rural schools. Mathematics Teacher, 97, 28-31.
• Koellner-Clark, K., Stollings, L. L., & Hoover, S. A. (2002, December). Socratic seminars for mathematics. Mathematics Teacher, 95, 682-687.
• Kotsopoulos, D. (2007, November). Mathematics discourse: It’s like hearing a foreign language. Mathematics Teacher, 101, 301-305.
• Manouchehri, A. (2007, November). Inquiry-Discourse mathematics instruction.Mathematics Teacher, 101, 290-300.
• Manouchehri, A., & Lapp, D. A. (2003, November). Unveiling student understanding: The role of questioning in instruction. Mathematics Teacher, 96, 562-566.
• Manouchehri, A., & St. John, D. (2006, April). From classroom discussion to group discourse.  Mathematics Teacher, 99, 544-551.
• Mason, R. T., & McFeetors, J. (2002, October). Interactive writing in mathematics class: Getting started. Mathematics Teacher, 95, 532-536.
• McIntosh, M. E., & Draper, R. J. (2001, October). Using learning logs in mathematics: Writing to learn. Mathematics Teacher, 94, 554-557.
• Stein, M. K. (2001, October). Mathematical argumentation: Putting umph into classroom discussions. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 7, 110-112.
• St. John, D., & Manouchehri, A. (2006, April). From classroom discussions to group discourse. Mathematics Teacher, 99, 544-551.
• Truxaw, M. P., & DeFranco, T. C. (2007, November). Lessons from Mr. Larson: An inductive model of teaching for orchestrating discourse. Mathematics Teacher, 101, 268-272.