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Audience, Style and Criticism
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Pimm, David; Sinclair, Nathalie – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2009
The primary focus for this article involves aspects of professional mathematical writing and examines the possibility of a form of literary criticism in relation to it. By means of examples from contemporary style guides for academic articles in mathematics (AMS, MAA), as well as the writing of mathematicians (Hamilton, Dedekind) from earlier…
Descriptors: Audiences, Literary Criticism, Poetry, Mathematics Education
Seeing Voices.
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Tahta, Dick; Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2001
Discusses issues related to orality, aurality, and literacy in the teaching and understanding of mathematics. Also discusses ritual and tradition in mathematics instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Some Notes on Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) and His "Arithmetic Composition 1."
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Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2001
Disscusses the history of Theo van Doesburg's painting Arithmetic Composition 1. Relates the work to that of Mondrian and Malevich. (MM)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Art History, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Mathematical Metaphor.
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Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1988
Suggests that it is possible to apply the principles of literary criticism to the mathematical text. Discussed are the areas of rhetoric, metaphor, and metonymy. (PK)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Mathematical Linguistics, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
Metaphor and Analogy in Mathematics.
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Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1981
Examples from arithmetic, algebra, and calculus show that analogy and metaphor are as central to the expression of mathematical meaning as they are to expression of meaning in natural language. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Mathematical Concepts
The Silence of the Body.
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Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1993
Discusses the psychological process of suppression in relation to how individuals perceive mathematics. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Psychology
From Should to Could: Reflections on Possibilities of Mathematics Teacher Education.
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Pimm, David – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1993
Discusses the responses of mathematics teachers to the use of videotape recordings of mathematics teaching as a possible solution to the problem of teacher isolation. (Contains 20 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Educational Television