PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Theorizing Silence
Page: 1250
Different norms govern the use of silence in mathematical collaboration and in every-day Anglo-conversation. Research is therefore needed into the ways students are enculturated into the distinctive uses of silences employed in mathematics collaboration. This project will require a new theoretical perspective that facilitates the study of silence. Drawing off studies of silence and embodiment from multiple disciplines, this paper advances a view of silence and the body, and so lays the groundwork for a rigorous study of silence in mathematics education.