{"content":[{"text":"Research Question","bbox":{"left":0.349265,"top":0.22722,"width":0.23649199999999998,"height":0.031477000000000005}},{"text":"How does student writing about math connect to the assessment of students’","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.278402,"width":0.6998689999999999,"height":0.024002000000000023}},{"text":"mathematical understanding?","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.319122,"width":0.267413,"height":0.024002000000000023}},{"text":"Rationale","bbox":{"left":0.401961,"top":0.401587,"width":0.104348,"height":0.027542999999999984}},{"text":"As the Math Lead Teacher in Grade 3 during the school year 2004-2005, I","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.446963,"width":0.6787100000000001,"height":0.024002000000000023}},{"text":"was concerned about an apparent disconnect between math understanding","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.487683,"width":0.6745220000000001,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"and “getting the right answers” on work pages and quizzes.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.528402,"width":0.543113,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"Using the University of Chicago Everyday Math Program, I became","bbox":{"left":0.177696,"top":0.569122,"width":0.6204270000000001,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"aware that frequently students would complete activity pages, but were","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.609842,"width":0.649867,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"unable to explain what they had done to solve a problem.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.650562,"width":0.5228980000000001,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"I was also very","bbox":{"left":0.681781,"top":0.650562,"width":0.13677400000000006,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"aware that “getting the answer” was all that mattered. The process seemed","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.691281,"width":0.68659,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"not important. And, I wondered after the answer was determined, did the","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.732001,"width":0.664479,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"students understand what they had done.","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.772721,"width":0.37155699999999997,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"The third grade city-wide testing in","bbox":{"left":0.530637,"top":0.772721,"width":0.32026699999999997,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"math is done in a multiple choice answer format. When the students reach","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.81344,"width":0.6817610000000001,"height":0.024001999999999968}},{"text":"the fourth grade the state math test contains a section, which is not multiple \n 2","bbox":{"left":0.147059,"top":0.85416,"width":0.7058820000000001,"height":0.05540099999999992}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}