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Ancestral Genres of Mathematical Graphs
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Gerofsky, Susan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2011
Drawing from sources in gesture studies, cognitive science, the anthropology of religion and art/architecture history, this article explores cultural, bodily and cosmological resonances carried (unintentionally) by mathematical graphs on Cartesian coordinates. Concepts of asymmetric bodily spaces, grids, orthogonality, mapping and sacred spaces…
Descriptors: Graphs, Anthropology, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science
Genre Analysis as a Way of Understanding Pedagogy in Mathematics Education.
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Gerofsky, Susan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1999
Genre analysis is a form of discourse analysis that can provide useful and sometimes surprising new perspectives on understanding teaching and learning. Uses two examples to illustrate the application of genre analysis in mathematics education. (Contains 23 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Calculus, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education
An Exchange about Word Problems.
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Thomas, Robert; Gerofsky, Susan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Presents the text of a message sent to Susan Gerofsky by Robert Thomas after reading her article on a linguistic and narrative view of word problems in mathematics education. Gerofsky's response is also included. (DDR)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Concept Formation, Educational Change, Educational Strategies
A Linguistic and Narrative View of Word Problems in Mathematics Education.
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Gerofsky, Susan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1996
Attempts to establish a description of mathematical word problems as a linguistic genre, particularly considering its pragmatic structure. Through a description of the pragmatics and discourse features of the genre, and through comparison of the word problems genre to other spoken and literary genres, finds clues to unspoken assumptions underlying…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role, Language Styles, Mathematics Instruction