| Owner: |
Amy Ellis
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| Owner Email: |
amyellis@uga.edu
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| Paper Title: |
Playful Math: Supporting Students’ Reasoning and Engagement
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| Session Title: |
Ambitious Mathematics Teaching Enacting Play and Rough Drafts
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/11/2024
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| Presentation Location: |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| Descriptors: |
Mathematics Education
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| Methodology: |
Qualitative
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| Author(s): |
Amy Ellis, University of Georgia; Dru Horne, University of Georgia; Anna Bloodworth, University of Georgia
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| Unit: |
SIG-Research in Mathematics Education
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| Abstract: |
We address how playifying school mathematics tasks can affect students’ reasoning and engagement. Mathematical play has been shown to support students’ meaning-making, agency, and motivation, as well as foster productive mathematical dispositions. However, the bulk of this work is situated in early childhood and in informal spaces; less is known about how to make secondary and college mathematics topics more playful. We present findings from three teaching experiments with middle-school and undergraduate students to show the potential for playful math to support students’ agency, investment, and immersion, as well as encouraging the development of novel mathematical ideas.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2101173
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