Integrating Research on the Graphical Representation of Functions (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805811346 ISBN 13: 9780805811346

Publisher: Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

This volume focuses on the important mathematical idea of functions that, with the technology of computers and calculators, can be dynamically represented in ways that have not been possible previously. The book's editors contend that as result of recent technological developments combined with the integrated knowledge available from research on teaching, instruction, students' thinking, and assessment, curriculum developers, researchers, and teacher educators are faced with an unprecedented opportunity for making dramatic changes.

The book presents content considerations that occur when the mathematics of graphs and functions relate to curriculum. It also examines content in a carefully considered integration of research that conveys where the field stands and where it might go. Drawing heavily on their own work, the chapter authors reconceptualize research in their specific areas so that this knowledge is integrated with the others' strands. This model for synthesizing research can serve as a paradigm for how research in mathematics education can -- and probably should -- proceed.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume focuses on the important mathematical idea of functions which can be dynamically represented with technology in ways that have not been possible previously. The book's editors contend that as a result of recent technological developments and the integrated knowledge available from research on teaching, instruction, students' thinking and assessment, we are faced with an unprecedented opportunity for making dramatic curriculum change. The book presents content considerations of the mathematics of graphs and functions, as they relate to the curriculum. It also considers content in an integration of research that conveys where the field stands and where it might go. Drawing on their own work, the contributors reconceptualize research in their specific areas, so that this knowledge is integrated with other strands. This model for synthesizing research can serve as a paradigm for research in mathematics education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0805811346
• ISBN 13: 9780805811346
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 376
• Editor: Romberg Thomas A., Fennema Elizabeth, Carpenter Thomas P.