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Nurjanah, Nurjanah; Mardia, Isra; Turmudi, Turmudi – Ethnography and Education, 2021
This research aims to explore the use of ethnomathematics in revealing mathematical representations and in the formulation of a calculation system used in the "Marosok" trading tradition by the Minangkabau tribe in West Sumatra. Ethnomathematics studies ideas in various cultural activities practiced by ethnic, social, or professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Cultural Influences, Teaching Methods
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Suryaningrum, Christine Wulandari; Purwanto; Subanji; Susanto, Hery; Ningtyas, Yoga Dwi Windy Kusuma; Irfan, Muhammad – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Semiotics is simply defined as the sign-using to represent a mathematical concept in a problem-solving. Semiotic reasoning of constructing concept is a process of drawing a conclusion based on object, representamen (sign), and interpretant. This paper aims to describe the phases of semiotic reasoning of elementary students in constructing the…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Abstract Reasoning, Geometric Concepts, Concept Formation
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Febrian, Febrian; Astuti, Puji – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2018
The use of concrete objects in a real-life situation is one of the effective ways for teachers to teach and students to explore and learn transformation geometry. The present study, which used a local wisdom or learning context (called Malay woven motif of Kepulauan Riau), focused on developing the reasoning of transformation geometry with…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Geometry, Transformations (Mathematics), Geometric Concepts
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education