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Metaphors as Vehicles of Knowledge: An Exploratory Analysis
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Ferrara, Francesca – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
The paper considers a teaching experiment carried out with secondary school students (9th grade), who face modelling tasks to approach some basic concepts of algebra and early calculus. The focus is on an embodied analysis of students' cognitive processes. The analysis highlights the use of metaphors as a means of sharing knowledge. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Cognitive Processes, Calculus, Discovery Processes