1st Edition
The Emergence of Mathematical Meaning interaction in Classroom Cultures
318 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book grew out of a five-year collaboration between groups of American and German mathematics educators. The central issue addressed accounting for the messiness and complexity of mathematics learning and teaching as it occurs in classroom situations. The individual chapters are based on the view that psychological and sociological perspectives each tell half of a good story. To unify these... Read more
Contents: Preface. P. Cobb, H. Bauersfeld, Introduction: The Coordination of Psychological and Sociological Perspectives in Mathematics Education. P. Cobb, E. Yackel, T. Wood, The Teaching Experiment Classroom. P. Cobb, Mathematical Learning and Small-Group Interaction: Four Case Studies. E. Yackel, Children's Talk in Inquiry Mathematics Classrooms. J. Voigt, Thematic Patterns of Interaction and Sociomathematical Norms. T. Wood, An Emerging Practice of Teaching. G. Krummheuer, The Ethnography of Argumentation. H. Bauersfeld, "Language Games" in the Mathematics Classroom: Their Function and Their Effects.
Biography
Paul Cobb, Heinrich Bauersfeld
"The book has a novel and highly rewarding structure that capitalises on the power of multiple perspectives....The book as a whole makes a unique and profound contribution to the theory of mathematics education."
—British Journal of Educational Psychology
