TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Dreher, Anika
A1  - Wang, Ting-Ying
A1  - Feltes, Paul
A1  - Hsieh, Feng-Jui
A1  - Lindmeier, Anke
T1  - High-quality use of representations in the mathematics classroom – a matter of the cultural perspective?
BT  - High-quality use of representations in the mathematics classroom – a matter of the cultural perspective?
JF  - ZDM – Mathematics Education
N2  - Abstract
                The teacher’s use of representations is a crucial aspect of instructional quality in mathematics education, given their pivotal role in facilitating mathematics learning. However, in our international research community, perspectives on what constitutes high-quality use of representations may vary. This cross-cultural study aims to explore whether the perspectives from Western literature, emphasizing the importance of explicit connections between symbolic and graphic representations, can be extended legitimately to the East Asian context. Using a situated approach, the study elicited norms of high-quality representation use from researchers in Germany and Taiwan. A total of 31 mathematics education professors from both countries evaluated the use of representations in three secondary mathematics classroom situations presented as text vignettes. The vignettes, designed by the German research team, each depicted a situation where from their perspective, a norm of high-quality representation use, specifically the explicit connection between symbolic and graphic representations, was violated. Qualitative analysis of the researchers' responses revealed that in each situation, at least half of the German researchers expected explicit connections between representations. Conversely, the majority of Taiwanese researchers only expected such connections in one situation, particularly when the graphic representation served as an independent learning objective rather than solely aiding conceptual understanding. These findings indicate easily unnoticed culture-specific differences regarding how a common aspect of instructional quality is expected to unfold in teaching.
KW  - -
KW  - Instructional quality
KW  - Cultural norms
KW  - Representations
KW  - Researchers
KW  - Intercultural validity
KW  - Cross-cultural research
Y1  - 2024
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:frei129-opus4-34280
SN  - 1863-9690
SS  - 1863-9690
SN  - 1863-9704
SS  - 1863-9704
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01597-5
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01597-5
VL  - 56
IS  - 5
SP  - 965
EP  - 980
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
CY  - Berlin/Heidelberg
ER  -