1st Edition

Responsive Teaching in Science and Mathematics

Edited By Amy D. Robertson, Rachel Scherr, David Hammer Copyright 2016
234 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 38 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Answering calls in recent reform documents to shape instruction in response to students’ ideas while integrating key concepts and scientific and/or mathematical practices, this text presents the concept of responsive teaching, synthesizes existing research, and examines implications for both research and teaching. Case studies across the curriculum from elementary school through adult education... Read more

Preface

Chapter 1: What is responsive teaching?

Amy D. Robertson, Leslie J. Atkins, Daniel M. Levin, and Jennifer Richards

Chapter 2: A review of the research on responsive teaching in science and mathematics

Jennifer Richards and Amy D. Robertson

Chapter 3: Examining the products of responsive inquiry

Leslie J. Atkins and Brian W. Frank


Chapter 4:
Understanding responsive teaching and curriculum from the students’ perspective

Tiffany-Rose Sikorski

Chapter 5: Navigating the challenges of teaching responsively: An insider’s perspective

April Cordero Maskiewicz

Chapter 6: What teachers notice when they notice student thinking: Teacher-identified purposes for attending to students’ mathematical thinking

Adam A. Colestock and Miriam Gamoran Sherin

Chapter 7: The role subject matter plays in prospective teachers’ responsive teaching practices in elementary math and science

Janet E. Coffey and Ann R. Edwards

Chapter 8: Attending to students’ epistemic affect

Lama Z. Jaber

Chapter 9: Attention to student framing in responsive teaching

Jennifer Radoff and David Hammer

Chapter 10: Methods to assess teacher responsiveness in situ

Jennifer Evarts Lineback

Chapter 11: Documenting variability within teacher attention and responsiveness to the substance of student thinking

Amy D. Robertson, Jennifer Richards, Andrew Elby, and Janet Walkoe

Epilogue

David Hammer

List of Contributors

Biography

Amy D. Robertson is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Seattle Pacific University, USA.

Rachel E. Scherr is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Physics at Seattle Pacific University, USA.

David Hammer is a Professor in the Departments of Education and Physics & Astronomy and the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach at Tufts University, USA.

"This is in essence a book about ‘how’ we teach rather than a series of examples on ‘how to teach’ and this is sometimes the problem. If you are after a book to enhance your understanding of the reasoning behind pupils’ learning then this is for you."

Kate Cree, School Science Review