Lesson Play in Mathematics Education:: A Tool for Research and Professional Development

by Rina Zazkis, Peter Liljedahl, Nathalie Sinclair

Lesson play is a novel construct in research and teachers' professional development in mathematics education. Lesson play refers to a lesson or part of a lesson presented in dialogue form--inspired in part by Lakatos's evocative Proofs and Refutations--featuring imagined interactions between a teacher and her/his students. We have been using and refining our use of this tool for a number of years and using it in a variety of situations involving mathematics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146143548X
• ISBN13: 9781461435488
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"