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TASK DESIGN AND REDESIGN – OPENING UP, EXTENDING AND AUGMENTING TASKS TO PROMOTE LEARNERS’ INITIATIVE AND FULL ENGAGEMENT IN THINKING

Mirela Măcelaru ; Isusovačka klasična gimnazija s pravom javnosti u Osijeku, Osijek


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Abstract

The article gives a critical account of the activity undertaken by the author with a small group of secondary school students. Its purpose is to explore ways in which a teacher can redesign an initial task in order to promote students’ initiative and engagement in thinking. It describes this group’s work on a mathematical task during which the teacher remained merely a participant in the discussion by giving occasional prompts to the learners. It is reported that in the case in view students have shown initiative by engaging actively in the discussion and by directing it in ways they felt appropriate for the task in front of them. This demonstrates that they welcome such an approach to learning.

Keywords

discussion; student’s initiative; task redesign

Hrčak ID:

34804

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/34804

Publication date:

29.12.2008.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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