The Structuring of the Structures: Development and Function of Mathematizing as a Social Practice
| • | the expectations related to "discovery learning" |
| • | the functioning of usual "visualizations" (didactical means and materials--"embodiments") |
The discussion refers to many classroom examples, and gives an outlook onto alternative classroom approaches.
The initial statement "I am a constructivist" has becoming a kind of an academic lip service in many disciplines. Consequent and radical application of this fundamental epistemological principle--although wanted--appears to be much rarer, at least in mathematics education. The serious adoption of the principle for the theoretical modeling of learning and teaching processes in mathematics indeed leads to a radical
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Publication information:
Book title: Constructivism in Education.
Contributors: Leslie P. Steffe - Editor, Jerry Gale - Editor.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Place of publication: Hillsdale, NJ.
Publication year: 1995.
Page number: 137.
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