Using Sociocultural Theory to Teach Mathematics: A Vygotskian Perspective
Diana F. Steele
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Published: Dec 1, 2001
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2001.tb17876.x
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This study describes an elementary teacher's implementation of sociocultural theory in practice. Communication is central to teaching with a sociocultural approach and to the understanding of students; teachers who use this theory involve students in explaining and justifying their thinking. In this study ethnographic research methods were used to collect data for 4 1/2 months in order to understand the mathematical culture of this fourth‐grade class and to portray how the teacher used a sociocultural approach to teach mathematics. To portray this teaching approach, teaching episodes from the teacher's mathematics lessons are described, and these episodes are analyzed to demonstrate how students created taken‐as‐shared meanings of mathematics. Excerpts from interviews with the teacher are also used to describe this teacher's thinking about her teaching.
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