Reflection: Group flow in small groups of middle school mathematics students
For this week reading, Armstrong’s Master thesis was focused on examining group flow in the middle school mathematics classroom settings. As a school teacher, this topic resinates very well with her own background and work experience. Using video and audio taping, Armstrong observed how group flow occurred and identified the conditions required to promote a collective learning experience for students. Surprises: While reading this thesis, I noticed that the tone of the paper was mainly written in the first-person narrative which is something I did not expect. In today’s academic world, it seems that there is a strong preference towards quantitative research and using third-person narrative writing style. In addition, the author explained in details why she was interested in this specific topic and illustrated how her research interests were related to her working experience as a math teacher. As a reader, I feel more connected with her stories and her research motivation using ...
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