Norms that regulate the management of virtual mathematics classes in the COVID-19 context

Abstract

The standards regulating class management and learning negotiation is a topic of interest to the mathematics education research community. In the context of virtuality as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is necessary to study the type of standards emerging to regulate interactions in math classes. In this study, standards regulating online high school geometry classes are characterized. As a theoretical reference, the didactic analysis model proposed by the Ontosemiotic Approach (OSA) is considered, particularly the notions of mathematics teacher’ practices and the standard classification system. The research is developed under a qualitative-naturalistic paradigm in which researchers analyzed two classes on metric relationships in circumferences taught to Chilean third-year high school students (15-16 years). In conclusion, the standards regulating the interaction processes in an online classroom are characterized, and teachers’ adaptability is shown in an exceptional-virtual context, where standards are established and changed when necessary to guarantee the optimization of the students’ learning. © 2021 Samuel Pelkey, Bonnie Stelmach, Darryl Hunter