Asking questions in first-grade mathematics classes: Potential influences on mathematical thought.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.85.1.31
• Publication Date: 2005-09-21T17:07:42Z
• Authors: Michelle Perry; Scott W. VanderStoep; Shirley L. Yu
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

This study investigated the types of questions that are asked in 1st-grade addition and subtraction lessons Japan, Taiwan, United States. Some researchers have argued knowledge is, part, constructed through these may be used differently U.S. than Asian classrooms. Thus, each question about or 311 observed was coded as 1 6 questions. Analyses revealed teachers significantly more conceptual problem-solving strategies did teachers. In addition, Chinese were embedded a concrete context