Meaning in Mathematics Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kilpatrick, Jeremy (Editor), Hoyles, Celia (Editor), Skovsmose, Ole (Editor), Valero, Paola (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Mathematics Education Library ; 37
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Learning & Instruction.

What does it mean to know mathematics? How does meaning in mathematics education connect to common sense or to the meaning of mathematics itself? How are meanings constructed and communicated and what are the dilemmas related to these processes? There are many answers to these questions, some of whi...

Table of Contents:

• Meanings of Meaning of Mathematics
• “Meaning” and School Mathematics
• The Meaning of Conics: Historical and Didactical Dimensions
• Reconstruction of Meaning as a Didactical Task: The Concept of Function as an Example
• Meaning in Mathematics Education
• Collective Meaning and Common Sense
• Mathematics Education and Common Sense
• Communication and Construction of Meaning
• Making Mathematics and Sharing Mathematics: Two Paths to Co-Constructing Meaning?
• The Hidden Role of Diagrams in Students’ Construction of Meaning in Geometry
• What’s a Best Fit? Construction of Meaning in a Linear Algebra Session
• Discoursing Mathematics Away
• Meaning and Mathematics.