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Direct linkRoth, Wolff-Michael – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2012
To learn means coming to know something new at the end of, or subsequent to, a (learning) process. Because students do not yet know at the beginning of the process what they will know subsequent to the process, they cannot actively orient towards the object of learning. In this article, I propose a phenomenological perspective that theorizes…
Descriptors: Learning, Phenomenology, Algebra, Elementary School Mathematics
Wood, Marcy B. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2010
Metaphors are a fundamental mechanism we use to make sense of our world. They structure our interpretations of and interactions with ideas, including mathematical ideas. Thus, the sense students make out of mathematical ideas depends upon the metaphor they use to structure their thinking. This paper examines the metaphors used in one fourth-grade…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Resistance (Psychology), Figurative Language, Grade 4
