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Demattè, Adriano; Furinghetti, Fulvia – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2022
In this paper, we describe an experiment in using history to work on problem-solving and the relationship between arithmetic and algebra. The students involved attended the first year of the Italian upper secondary school (grade 9). The original sources we used are problems from Italian treatises on arithmetic and algebra that appeared in the…
Descriptors: History, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic
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Mellone, Maria; Ramploud, Alessandro; Di Paola, Benedetto; Martignone, Francesca – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
The paper presents some reflections and activities developed by researchers and teachers involved in teacher education programs on cultural transposition. The construct of cultural transposition is presented as a condition for decentralizing the didactic practice of a specific cultural context through contact with other didactic practices of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arithmetic, Number Concepts, Algebra
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks