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Reframing educational research:
Resisting the 'what works' agenda
It is generally agreed that the problem of research use in education is multifaceted, involving a combination of issues attributed not only to the user end but also to the production end of research itself. Attempts to reach an understanding are often thwarted when discussions surrounding these...
To Be Published February 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Mathematical Relationships in Education
Identities and Participation
Series: Routledge Research in Education
This book brings together scholars working in the field of mathematics education to examine the ways in which learners form particular relationships with mathematics in the context of formal schooling. While demand for the mathematically literate citizen increases, many learners continue to reject...
Published June 4th 2009 by Routledge
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Mathematical Literacy
Developing Identities of Inclusion
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
Why do so many learners, even those who are successful, feel that they are outsiders in the world of mathematics? Taking the central importance of language in the development of mathematical understanding as its starting point, Mathematical Literacy explores students’ experiences of doing...
Published October 5th 2008 by Routledge
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The Practice of Mathematics
The psychological description and explanation of how children learn to work with numbers is dominated by the theories of Piaget. Yvette Solomon suggests an alternative approach to the child's conception of number....
Published January 4th 1989 by Routledge
