Developing and using the ‘Knowledge Quartet’: A framework for the observation of mathematics teaching

Rowland, Tim and Turner, Fay (2007) Developing and using the ‘Knowledge Quartet’: A framework for the observation of mathematics teaching. The Mathematics Educator, 10 (1). pp. 107-123.

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Abstract

This paper describes a framework for mathematics lesson observation and illustrates the ways that this framework is being used in practice, for mathematics teaching development. The research which led to the development of the framework drew on videotapes of mathematics lessons prepared and conducted by elementary pre-service students towards the end of their initial training. A grounded theory approach to data analysis led to the emergence of the framework - a ‘knowledge quartet’, with four broad dimensions, through which the mathematics-related knowledge of these teachers could be observed in practice. We term the four units: foundation, transformation, connection and contingency. This paper describes how each of these units is characterised, and analyses a fragment of one of the videotaped lessons, showing how each dimension of the quartet can be identified in the lesson.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Research in Mathematics Education
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2017 05:05
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2023 09:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64149
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