The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the structure of 3D geometry thinking by identifying different types of reasoning and to examine their relation with spatial ability. To achieve this goal, two tests were administered to students in grades 5 to 9. The results of the study showed that 3D geometry thinking could be described by four…

Ireland has two official languages--Gaeilge (Irish) and English. Similarly, primary- and second-level education can be mediated through the medium of Gaeilge or through the medium of English. This research is primarily focused on students (Gaeilgeoiri) in the transition from Gaeilge-medium mathematics education to English-medium mathematics…

This paper explores the perceived parental influence (PPI) on mathematics learning among over 700 students across three year levels (Years 5, 7, 9) in China and Australia. It was found that the PPI of students was less strong as year levels increased in both countries. Students in China had stronger perceived parental encouragement and higher…

We find that students in the big mathematics service courses at the Johns Hopkins University who were encouraged to use calculators in K-12 have somewhat lower grades than those who weren't.

Examines the use of mathematics in a computer-aided design and manufacturing setting, whether this mathematics is related to school mathematics, how technicians understand this mathematics, and the role of technology in the technicians' mathematics-related problem solving activities. Focuses on technician's calculations of the interval volume of…

Examines the relationship between mathematical knowledge and social practices of the Renaissance. Suggests that all efforts to understand the conceptual reality and the production of knowledge cannot restrict themselves to language and the discursive activity, but that they also need to include the social practices that underlie them. (Author/KHR)

Defines visualization as the product and the process of creation, interpretation, and reflection upon pictures and images. Analyzes, exemplifies, and reflects upon the many different and rich roles that it can and should play in the learning and doing of mathematics. Discusses limitations and possible sources of difficulties visualization may pose…

Suggests that debate on cultural issues in mathematics provided by the critique of ethnomathematics must be based on contemporary writing in the field and should not focus on extreme views within the political justification for ethnomathematics. Addresses philosophical questions raised by Rowlands and Carson and comments on preliminary results…

Reviews the Lakoff and Nunez's book, "Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being (2000)," which provided many mathematics education researchers with a novel and startling perspective on mathematical thinking. Suggests that several of the book's flaws can be addressed through a more rigorous establishment of…

Observes the meanings that pre-service teachers attribute to pupil errors and how these meanings evolved over the course of a 15-week course in mathematics education. Identifies preservice teachers' analyses of pupil errors as well as the interventions they suggested to rectify these errors. Discusses epistemological positioning that creates…

Explores the challenge of providing all future citizens with an appropriate quantitative literacy by means of teaching mathematics through useful applications with local and global perspectives. (Author/KHR)

Analyzes prospective teachers' opportunities to connect subject matter with workplace contexts. Examines the degree of importance prospective teachers place on workplace connections and the ways in which they incorporate these connections into classroom lesson plans. Suggests implications for teacher education and the support prospective teachers…

Investigates proficiencies when students work on mathematics problems and the extent captured by knowledge categories. Explores competency that goes beyond knowledge to include mathematical 'dispositions' and 'practices' in which students engage. Considers ways in which research knowledge is conceived and developed, reflecting upon the role of…

Analyzes articles in "Educational Studies in Mathematics" since 1990. Reviews production and use of theories of teaching and learning mathematics. Outlines the theoretical framework of the tools of analysis and discusses methodological difficulties. Presents findings from the analysis of the journal and gives one example of how to read an article,…

Undertakes, from a poststructuralist perspective, a meta-analysis of two short episodes from a paper by Manouchehri and Goodman (2000). Explores how mathematical knowledge and identities are produced in teaching/learning interactions in the classroom and the wider practical implications of this productive power of process for mathematics education…