Some characteristics of learning to notice students' mathematical understanding of the classification of quadrilaterals

Ceneida Fernández (1) , Gloria Sánchez-Matamoros (2) , Salvador Llinares (1)

1 Universidad de Alicante
2 Universidad de Sevilla = University of Seville

The goal of this study is to examine how prospective secondary school mathematics teachers learn to notice students' mathematical thinking about the process of classification of quadrilaterals. Findings point out that when prospective teachers identified the inclusive classification of quadrilaterals as a " key developmental understanding " (Simon, 2006), they modified what they considered evidence of secondary school students' understanding of quadrilaterals classification process.

Mots clés: Noticing skill; classification of quadrilaterals; students' mathematical thinking; prospective teachers learning

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

Ceneida Fernández, Gloria Sánchez-Matamoros, Salvador Llinares. Some characteristics of learning to notice students' mathematical understanding of the classification of quadrilaterals. 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.2776-2782. ⟨hal-01289604⟩