Written Reasoning in Primary School

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Currently, language competences in mathematics lessons gain more attention in Germany. The paper reports an interdisciplinary study of linguistics and mathematics education on reasoning. A model to rate the competences in arithmetic reasoning at primary level will be presented for discussion: mathematical reasoning is coded separately from its linguistic realization. In a pilot study, 243 students of 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade solved different arithmetic reasoning tasks. The results show a one-dimensional scale for the model of reasoning. Its specific components provide differentiated requirements, which are formulated concretely in the coding guidelines. They may unfold didactical potential for language support in mathematical reasoning as well as in mathematics lessons itself at primary level.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Joint Meeting of PME 38 and PME-NA 36
EditorsCynthia Nicol, Susan Oesterle, Peter Liljedahl, Darien Allan
Number of pages8
Volume5
PublisherInternational Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Publication date2014
Edition1
Pages73-80
ISBN (Print)978-0-86491-365-4
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - IGPME 2014 : Mathematics Education at the Edge - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 15.07.201420.07.2014
Conference number: 38
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