Mathematics Education: Exploring the Culture of LearningBarbara Allen, Sue Johnston-Wilder Mathematics Education identifies some of the most significant issues in mathematics education today. Pulling together relevant articles from authors well-known in their fields of study, the book addresses topical issues such as:
The subject is dealt with in three parts: culture of the mathematics classroom, communication in mathematics classrooms and pupils' and teachers' perceptions. |
Contents
Figures | 3 |
SECTION | 4 |
1 | 21 |
Towards a sociology of learning in primary schools | 26 |
Learners as authors in the mathematics classroom | 43 |
Paradigmatic conflicts in informal mathematics assessment | 57 |
1 | 60 |
2 | 70 |
What is the role of diagrams in communication | 134 |
1 | 137 |
1 | 150 |
2 | 156 |
a role for the computer? | 159 |
1 | 162 |
SECTION 3 | 173 |
Setting social class and survival of the quickest | 195 |
Establishing a community of practice in a secondary | 91 |
1 | 98 |
2 | 100 |
Communication in mathematics classrooms | 117 |
1 | 210 |
Pupils perspectives on learning mathematics | 233 |
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Mathematics Education: Exploring the Culture of Learning Barbara Allen,Sue Johnston-Wilder Limited preview - 2003 |
Mathematics Education: Exploring the Culture of Learning Barbara Allen,Sue Johnston-Wilder Limited preview - 2004 |
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