Teacher Noticing of Justification: Attending to the Complexity of Mathematical Content and Practice

In this report, we will consider in-service elementary school teachers\u27 noticing of the mathematical practice: justification. This study is part of a larger project evaluating the efficacy of a three year professional development built around attending to student thinking and promoting mathematical habits of justifying, generalizing and making sense. Noticing just¢cation is a complex task requiring attention to both the (1) mathematical content and strategies and (2) the nature of the argument provided by a student. We have found that teachers\u27 struggle to attend to both aspects simultaneously and offer a framework for considering teacher noticing of mathematical practices