Using scaffolds in support of teachers as task designers in geometry: a case study

Mirit Rachamim ^[1] ; Abraham Berman ^[2] ; Boris Koichud ^[2]
1. [1] Oranim College of Education, Tivon, Israel
2. [2] Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Localización: International journal of mathematical education in science and technology, ISSN 0020-739X, Vol. 55, Nº. 8, 2024, págs. 1875-1895
Idioma: inglés
DOI: 10.1080/0020739X.2022.2100293
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- he research question studied in this paper is how teachers’ task designing can be enhanced in professional development. We show that this can be done by scaffolding. Scaffolding is used in problem solving and we apply it by considering designing a task as a problem. In the paper, we describe a professional development of four teachers led by a mathematics educator. The professional development consisted of 10 meetings. The teachers were first exposed to a well-designed task in geometry as learners and then were asked to design new geometry tasks for their students. The mathematics educator helped them by supplying scaffolds such as modelling, reflection, articulation and worked examples. The data consisted of video-recordings of the workshops and a semi-structured interview with each of the teachers at the end of the project. The data analysis shows how the use of particular scaffolds was helpful while preserving the teachers’ autonomy as task designers.