This paper describes mathematics as a social practice and bases this idea on recent developments in diverse domains of research related to mathematical cognition. In the context of theoretical development, this paper is concerned with the question originally raised by Socrates but rephrased from the perspective of social practice theory: What kind…

Discusses how the means of testing and retrieval have been allowed to become ends in themselves, rather than occasions for learning. (Author)

Research supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. (DD)

Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)

An analysis of paragraph development in letters to the editor and in "Saturday Review and "English Journal articles suggests irrelevance of development methods taught in school. (RD)

Distinguishes between explicative, formative, and exploratory rational discourse in both value-free and value-laden teacher-student discussions. Exemplifies implications and indications for the use of each. (AL)

Based on author's doctoral dissertation, Adaptation and Debate Strategies of Clarence Darrow and Alexander Rorke in New York vs. Gitlow," Pennsylvania State University. (Editor)

Results indicate that at least three factors contribute to the linguistic complexity of "wh-questions" and help to determine sequence of acquisitions: the syntactic function of the individual "wh-forms," the relative semantic complexity of different verbs, and contingency relations in discourse. (MP)

Reviewed are the relevance and limitations of work in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and conversational analysis with respect to a central issue in the sociological study of social interaction: the taken-for-granted and inferences made therefrom. The hope is to show the arbitrariness of the line dividing microsociological studies and…

Summarizes basic principles for analyzing discourse. Focuses on discourse in the press, analyzing various levels, units, dimensions, modes, and social contexts. Discusses the relevance of discourse analysis to mass communication research. (PD)

One problem with readability formulas is that they are generally calculated on factors at the sentence and subsentence level. However, the representation of text through information structures is equally important. The complexity of information structures and their realizations will affect reading difficulty and should be incorporated into…