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Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika; Sabena, Cristina; Arzarello, Ferdinando; Krause, Christina – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
This paper refers to the concept of semiotic and theoretic control describing resources to conduct decisions in epistemic processes. We consider an argumentation process from a complex problem-solving activity involving different conceptual frames related to parabolas. Using a micro-analytical interpretative lens, we will show that, in order to…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Epistemology, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making
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Caswell, Rosemaree – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2006
The author recently read a research paper by Padberg (2002), in which the development of understanding associated with decimal fractions was studied. Padberg (2002) outlined the situation that existed in Germany, where students were introduced to decimal fractions in the sixth year of school. He claimed that it was assumed students would have a…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Arithmetic, Primary Education