The purpose of the exploratory study discussed in the Journal of Research in Mathematics Education entitled Mathematical Discourse in Shared Storybook Reading by Ann Anderson, Jim Anderson and Jon Shapiro was to “explore the mathematical discourse that emerged” (p.7) during the shared reading of the storybook book One Snowy Night (Butterworth, 1989). Participants in the study consisted of 21 well educated, middle class parents whom of which spoke English as their first language and their four-year old children who attended college or daycare facilities (p. 30).
In limiting distractions, audiotaping was selected as the research method that would best capitalize on the retrieval of authentic interaction between the initiator and respondent
In limiting distractions, audiotaping was selected as the research method that would best capitalize on the retrieval of authentic interaction between the initiator and respondent