RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
A Proposed Extension to the Productive Struggle Framework
Page: 1430
Struggling with mathematics can be done productively. In this poster, I share a brief literature review and theoretical background for productive struggle. Next, I share the results of applying the Productive Struggle framework (Warshauer, 2015a; 2015b) to one participant’s data from a teaching experiment with an undergraduate developmental mathematics student. Finally, I propose potential extensions to the Productive Struggle framework. I provide examples of unexpected teacher response categories that contributed to the participant's productive struggle and share an additional ending for a struggle.