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Berggren, Johannes – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This study examines the presence of three conceptual metaphors for fractions -- The measuring stick metaphor, Arithmetic is motion along a path, and Arithmetic is object construction -- in four common and popular Swedish mathematics textbook series for years 1-3. I analyse the introduction of fractions and the kinds of tasks students are given in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Arithmetic, Textbooks
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Irving Aarón Díaz-Espinoza; José Antonio Juárez-López; Isaias Miranda – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2024
This report delineates the outcomes of an intervention conducted with in-service high school educators, focusing on elucidating three distinct scenarios within geometric and arithmetic domains: the infinitely large, infinitely numerous, and infinitesimally close. Grounded in the theoretical framework of conceptual change, it is posited that when…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Intervention