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Arithmetic Teacher

| May 01, 1994 | Farivar, Sydney; Webb, Noreen M. | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Seventh grade teacher: "My students have been working together in groups for a while now. They're getting along fine. But I'm finding that a lot of them still don't understand the work. I tell them to |work together and that it is all right to help each other. Sometimes I worry that they are only giving each other the answers. How can I get them to focus on problem solving and not just putting down the right answer?"

Mathematics educators are increasingly placing high priority on developing reasoning and problem-solving skills and have come to recognize the importance of small-group work as a context for developing and communicating mathematical ideas. As ...

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