Developing student questioning when problem solving: The role of sample student responses

Sheila Evans (1) , Malcolm Swan (1)

1 UON - University of Nottingham, UK

This paper describes intervention resources designed to provide opportunities for student self-regulation, with a particular focus on setting subgoals when problem solving. Each task includes a range of pre-written interrelated " sample student responses " that expose students to multiple perspectives on an unstructured non-routine problem. After students attempt the problem they are given the responses to collaboratively complete, critique and compare. We explore students' capacity to adopt another person's (the sample student's) goals in order to complete a solution, and their capacity, through the use of comparison, to identify worthy criteria when cri-tiquing the completed solutions. We then reflect on how we can make subsequent improvements to the resources.

Mots clés: Problem solving; comparing solutions; peer assessment

Domaines: Education; Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]

Sheila Evans, Malcolm Swan. Developing student questioning when problem solving: The role of sample student responses. CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education; ERME, Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. pp.3015-3021. ⟨hal-01289730⟩