Transitions Between Contexts of Mathematical Practices

Transitions Between Contexts of Mathematical Practices edited by Guida de Abreu, Alan Bishop, Norma C. Presmeg.

This book focuses attention on mathematics learners in transition and on their practices in different contexts; on the institutional and socio-cultural framing of the transition processes involved; and on the communication and negotiation of mathematical meanings during transition. The book offers b...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Abreu, Guida de (Editor), Bishop, Alan (Editor), Presmeg, Norma C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2002.
Edition:1st ed. 2002.
Series:Mathematics Education Library, 27
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Mathematics—Study and teaching .
Learning.
Instruction.
Cross-cultural psychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Editors’ Prelude Researching Mathematics Learning: The Need for a New Approach
  • Mathematics Learners in Transition
  • Immigrant Children Learning Mathematics in Mainstream Schools
  • The Transition Experience of Immigrant Secondary School Students: Dilemmas and Decisions
  • Thinking About Mathematical Learning with Cabo Verde Ardinas
  • Exploring Ways Parents Participate in Their Children’s School Mathematical Learning: Cases Studies in Multiethnic Primary Schools
  • Transitions between Home and School Mathematics: Rays of Hope Amidst the Passing Clouds
  • Editors’ Interlude Theoretical Orientations to Transitions
  • Towards a Cultural Psychology Perspective on Transitions between Contexts of Mathematical Practices
  • Mathematical Acculturation, Cultural Conflicts, and Transition
  • Shifts in Meaning During Transitions
  • Editors’ Postlude The Sociocultural Mediation of Transition.

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