Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities

Petros Chaviaris; Sonia Kafoussi

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Petros Chaviaris, Sonia Kafoussi

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This paper presents the opportunities that students‟ participation in playing and acting in dramatic activities offered to them for reflection on their social interaction in mathematics. The research took place in a fifth grade of a typical public primary school. Three different case studies of pairs of students as they are engaged in dramatic activities during their metadiscursive reflection on their interaction in mathematics are presented. The drama seems to be a fruitful environment for the development of students‟ reflection on their collaboration in mathematics, as it allows them to reflect on issues concerning social and emotional aspects of their collaboration and to become aware of its evolution.

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collaborative learning
drama in education
metadiscursive reflection
primary education
school mathematics

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INT ELECT J MATH ED, 2010, Volume 5, Issue 2, 91-110

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Chaviaris, P., & Kafoussi, S. (2010). Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 5(2), 91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252

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Chaviaris P, Kafoussi S. Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2010;5(2):91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252

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Chaviaris P, Kafoussi S. Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2010;5(2), 91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252

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Chaviaris, Petros, and Sonia Kafoussi. "Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2010 5 no. 2 (2010): 91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252

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Chaviaris, P., and Kafoussi, S. (2010). Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 5(2), pp. 91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252

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Chaviaris, Petros et al. "Developing Students’ Collaboration in a Mathematics Classroom through Dramatic Activities". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 91-110. https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/252