Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
DOI
10.3390/educsci15030376
Publication Title
Education Sciences
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
376 (1-19)
Abstract
This study investigates the role of teacher talk moves in cultivating a mathematical modeling classroom community. From the models and modeling perspective, it explores how specific teacher talk moves promote student participation in modeling phases and the exchange of ideas with other students. Through a four-week after-school program involving eight secondary students, data were collected from small-group and whole-class discussions. The findings reveal that teacher talk moves can be categorized into three core types: eliciting students’ ideas, introducing key terms and ideas used in mathematical modeling, and encouraging students to take a position during discussions. These moves are shown to influence classroom discussion norms and facilitate the ways that students interact and reason with the mathematical modeling tasks. While the findings suggest that teacher talk moves can contribute to fostering a reflective learning environment where students collaboratively construct, analyze, and refine mathematical models, further research is needed to better understand the extent of their impact and how similar learning opportunities might arise through alternative instructional strategies. Future research should explore how these teacher moves can be implemented across different classroom contexts and extended periods to enhance modeling-based learning.
Rights
© 2025 by the author.
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.
Data Availability
Article states: "The original contributions presented in the study are included in the article; further inquiries can be directed to the author."
ORCID
0009-0003-1101-1311 (Ozturk)
Original Publication Citation
Ozturk, A. (2025). Teacher moves for building a mathematical modeling classroom community. Education Sciences, 15(3), 1-19, Article 376. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15030376
Repository Citation
Ozturk, Ayse, "Teacher Moves for Building a Mathematical Modeling Classroom Community" (2025). Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications. 276.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/teachinglearning_fac_pubs/276
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