TY - JOUR
T1 - How many do you see? The use of nonspoken representations in first-grade mathematics lessons
AU - Flevares, Lucia M.
AU - Perry, Michelle
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001/6
Y1 - 2001/6
N2 - Not all relevant instructional information comes in the form of spoken words. In the present study, the authors examine multiple modalities of nonspoken forms of representation - specifically gestures, pictures, objects, and writing - used by 3 teachers in 3 years of 1st-grade math lessons. Teachers frequently used visually based modalities of representation and tended to produce combinations of representational forms rather than isolated representations. There were individual differences in their preference for representation types. Teachers used representations to accompany important spoken terms and to respond to student confusion. With nonspoken representations, teachers conveyed information critical to the explanation of mathematical concepts. Students must attend to the visual as well as vocal means of expressing information to gain access to all of the information presented in mathematics lessons.
AB - Not all relevant instructional information comes in the form of spoken words. In the present study, the authors examine multiple modalities of nonspoken forms of representation - specifically gestures, pictures, objects, and writing - used by 3 teachers in 3 years of 1st-grade math lessons. Teachers frequently used visually based modalities of representation and tended to produce combinations of representational forms rather than isolated representations. There were individual differences in their preference for representation types. Teachers used representations to accompany important spoken terms and to respond to student confusion. With nonspoken representations, teachers conveyed information critical to the explanation of mathematical concepts. Students must attend to the visual as well as vocal means of expressing information to gain access to all of the information presented in mathematics lessons.
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U2 - 10.1037/0022-0663.93.2.330
DO - 10.1037/0022-0663.93.2.330
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035354479
SN - 0022-0663
VL - 93
SP - 330
EP - 345
JO - Journal of Educational Psychology
JF - Journal of Educational Psychology
IS - 2
ER -