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Wessman-Enzinger, Nicole M. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
This chapter describes instances of play within a teaching episode on integer addition and subtraction. Specifically, this chapter makes the theoretical distinction between integer play and playing with integers. Describing instances of integer play and playing with integers is important for facilitating this type of intellectual play in the…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Addition, Subtraction
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Abtahi, Yasmine – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2017
In this writing, I report on how two 12-year old children used fraction strips to add 1/2 and 2/5. In their interaction with the tool, I look for the emergence of the tool-mediated Zone of Proximal Development to analyse the knowing that become available to the children. In thinking about this interaction, I ask what is the role of the more…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Fractions, Addition, Children