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One, You, She: Object Relations as Grounding Metaphors for Learning Mathematics
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Rumbelow, Michael – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2021
"Where Mathematics Comes From" (Lakoff & Núñez 2000) proposed that mathematical concepts such as arithmetic and counting are constructed cognitively from embodied metaphors of actions on physical objects, and four actions, or 'grounding metaphors' in particular: collecting, stepping, constructing and measuring. This article argues…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Figurative Language
Using Problem Posing to Bring Real-Life into the Mathematics Classroom: Can It Be Too Real?
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Fosse, Trude; Meaney, Tamsin – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2020
In Norway, children are encouraged to pose a problem that they can solve using an arithmetical calculation. This is known as 'regnefortelling'. During a larger project, we became interested in a small group of "regnefortelling" which used unusual contexts, contexts that made us uneasy and invoked a feeling of uncertainty about how we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Transference of Objects.
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Van Den Brink, Jan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1989
Presents a number of transcript examples of correct and incorrect transferences by children. Considers the objects of transference including spoken words, written symbols, models and diagrams, arithmetic procedures, and structures. Discusses the use of transference in arithmetic education. (YP)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics