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ERIC Number: EJ518792
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Intention and Significance in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.
Brown, Tony
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v27 n1 p52-66 Jan 1996
Discusses the role of language in mathematical understanding, focusing on a classic debate between two leading writers in hermeneutics, Gadamer and Habermas. Suggests that personal learning of mathematics is inseparable from the social practices within which learning occurs. (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hermeneutics, Language Role, Mathematics Education, Social Influences
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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