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Ana Patricia García-Amado; Maythe García-Rivero; José Luis Cruz-Canales; Rubén Abraham Moreno Segura; Asuman Oktaç – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2024
The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of introducing the general notions of function and inverse function through a mathematical activity on linear functions, focusing on the quantitative meaning associated to the connection between a relation and its inverse. We present a genetic decomposition, that is, a viable cognitive path for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Student Attitudes
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Dooley, Thérèse; Grimes, Paul – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2023
In this article, we analyse a script of an imagined classroom interaction from the perspectives of politeness and positioning. The script was written by a prospective teacher, Cara, as part of her Lesson Play. The Lesson Play was prompted by her reflection on how the needs of students who are disaffected with mathematics might be met, an issue…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, Lesson Plans, Preservice Teachers
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Lewis, Gareth – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2015
In this article, a case is made that affect is central in determining students' experience of learning or not learning mathematics. I show how reversal theory (Apter, 2001), and particularly its taxonomy of motivations and emotions, provides a basis for a thick description of students' experiences of learning in a mathematics classroom. Using data…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Processes, Ethnography, Learning Theories