RUME 25
2023
Omaha, Nebraska
Engineering Instructional Practices to Better Support Access and Participatory Equity in Authentic Proof Activity
Page: 511
The Orchestrating Discussion Around Project (ODAP) was conceived of as an investigation into how instructors might support a student-centered classroom with aims of engaging students in authentic mathematical proof activity. The design-based research focused on engineering tasks and specific high leverage teaching practices to promote student engagement with three focal proofs in Abstract Algebra. In this report, we share a series of project learnings related to supporting students in accessing formal proof activity and promoting more equal participation amongst students. We focus specifically on how complex task launch, structuring group work, and working with student ideas in whole class discussion may be shaped to support more students in authentic mathematical proof activity.