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ERIC Number: EJ643820
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
Educational Forms of Initiation in Mathematical Culture.
van Oers, Bert
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v46 n1-3 p59-85 2001
During the history of mathematics education at school, the answer of what counts as real mathematics varies. Real mathematics is any activity of participating in a mathematical practice. Uses Bakhtin's notion of speech genre for further analysis. Concludes that mathematical attitude is the link between the cultural historical dimension of mathematical practices and individual mathematical thinking. (MM)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Discourse Modes, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Participation, Speech
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematical Thinking; Mikhail Bakhtin
Note: PME Special issue. Bridging the Individual and the Social: Discursive Approaches to Research in Mathematics Education.