Synopses & Reviews
Critique of research methods and methodology is one of several key features of the regular dialogue between researchers. This critique takes place formally at conferences and seminars, and regularly in universities. Published critique is normally separated from the original work. This book brings together the writing of researcher and independent critique. Thus the book exposes to wider scrutiny the dialogue that exists between researchers. It will be of interest to all who are concerned to understand the nature and substance of this critique.
The volume comprises a collection of accounts of classroom studies, each complemented by the reaction of an eminent researcher. The accounts and reactions are written to expose the nature of methodology of classroom research. It argues that methodology encompasses the choice of methods and the researchers' beliefs and values.
Synopsis
This book brings together key reports of research, focusing especially on methods and methodology, along with criticism of these reports by other researchers. It presents case studies of small-scale classroom research in mathematics education.
Synopsis
Sets forth case studies of small-scale classroom research in mathematics education, focusing especially on the methods employed and the methodology underpinning the research.
About the Author
SIMON GOODCHILD is Senior Lecturer, Mathematics Education, the College of St. Mark and St. John, United Kingdom.LYN ENGLISH is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Table of Contents
Introduction / Simon Goodchild and Lyn English -- Methodology and Methods in Mathematics Education Research: Where Is "The Why"? / Leone Burton -- Students-Teacher Interactions and the Development of Students' Mathematical Thinking / Maria Manuela David and Maria da Penha Lopes -- Reaction by Anne Watson -- Exploring Students' Goals in Classroom Activity / Simon Goodchild -- Reaction by Barbara Jaworski -- Special Educational Needs in Mathematics--A Problem Developed in School? / Nora Linden -- Reaction by Cyril Julie -- A Methodology of Classroom Teaching Experiments / Kay McClain -- Reaction by Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen -- Context and Content: What Are Student Teachers Learning about Teaching Mathematics? / Ruth Shane -- Reaction by Gilah C. Leder -- Longitudinal Measurement of Student Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics / Shirley M. Yates -- Reaction by Wendy Keys -- Afterword: Applying the Theory to the "Practice" in This Book / Leone Burton.