Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 28 Issue 1, April 1990
24 – 29
Actions and Assumptions: Their Relationship to Student Thinking
Jeanette Parow-Jarman and Dave Whiteside
Teaching involves the development of thought, the broadening of horizons, the awakening of interests, the piquing of curiosity and the arousal of intelligence. At least that is what we say. Learning involves the same things. At least that is what we hope. When teachers walk into classrooms they carry with them certain assumptions. Some of these assumptions are such an integral part of their character that they are not conscious of them.
