Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom

Horacio Solar; Andrés Ortiz; Victoria Arriagada; Jordi Deulofeu

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Horacio Solar ¹ ^* , Andrés Ortiz ² , Victoria Arriagada ¹ , Jordi Deulofeu ³

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¹ Faculty of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, CHILE² Faculty of Education, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, CHILE³ Department of Didactics of Mathematics and Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN^* Corresponding Author

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Given the importance of modelling in mathematics classrooms, and despite the extensive body of research on teacher support for promoting the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom, authors have overlooked how teacher support for argumentation can contribute to this cycle. This study is aimed at characterizing teacher support for argumentation in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom. We analyzed 10 class episodes taken from the cases of two teachers, Soledad and Ángeles. The episodes were analyzed considering teacher support for argumentative orchestration (communicative strategies and pattern recognition). In the two cases studied, we found that argumentative orchestration exhibited different types of overall presence and recurrence throughout the stages of the mathematical modelling cycle, with communicative strategies being more present across the board and more recurrent in the mathematical modelling cycle than pattern recognition strategies.

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mathematical modelling cycle
modelling process
collective argumentation
argumentative orchestration
case study

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 18, Issue 8, August 2022, Article No: em2141

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Solar, H., Ortiz, A., Arriagada, V., & Deulofeu, J. (2022). Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(8), em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245

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Solar H, Ortiz A, Arriagada V, Deulofeu J. Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(8):em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245

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Solar H, Ortiz A, Arriagada V, Deulofeu J. Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2022;18(8), em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245

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Solar, Horacio, Andrés Ortiz, Victoria Arriagada, and Jordi Deulofeu. "Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2022 18 no. 8 (2022): em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245

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Solar, H., Ortiz, A., Arriagada, V., and Deulofeu, J. (2022). Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 18(8), em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245

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Solar, Horacio et al. "Argumentative orchestration in the mathematical modelling cycle in the classroom". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 18, no. 8, 2022, em2141. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/12245