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Mathematics in the streets and in schools
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In this article, an analysis of everyday use of mathematics by working youngsters in commercial transactions in Recife, Brazil, revealed computational strategies different from those taught in schools Performance on mathematical problems embedded in real-life contexts was superior to that on school-type word problems and context-free computational problems involving the same numbers and operations.Abstract:
An analysis of everyday use of mathematics by working youngsters in commercial transactions in Recife, Brazil, revealed computational strategies different from those taught in schools Performance on mathematical problems embedded in real-life contexts was superior to that on school-type word problems and context-free computational problems involving the same numbers and operations Implications for education are examinedread more
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(Mis)Taken Identities: Reclaiming Identities of the “Collective Black” in Mathematics Education Research Through an Exercise in Black Specificity:
TL;DR: The authors reviewed two strands of identity-based research in mathematics education related to Black children, exemplified by Martin (2000) and Nasir (2002) and concluded that "identity-based approaches in mathematics have a negative effect on Black children."
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The Challenge of Learning
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply insights from educational psychology to the teaching and learning of negotiation skills, and suggest a key reason why becoming an expert is challenging, namely, people's naive theories about negotiation need to be challenged and largely put to rest.
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Transfer and Social Practice.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine knowledge transfer from cognitive and sociocultural perspectives and discuss approaches to instruction for maximising transfer across settings and circumstances, which emphasise the need to embed and disembed knowledge as well as seek to construct analogous opportunities for transfer.
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Mathematical concepts in everyday life
TL;DR: In this article, the same children seem to acquire considerable mathematical knowledge without systematic teaching in everyday life, and this discrepancy in performance can be explained by the fact that mathematics is a stumbling block in school for many children.
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Designing a dental curriculum for the twenty-first century
J. McHarg,Elizabeth Kay +1 more
TL;DR: The rationale for the design and implementation of a curriculum in a new dental school in UK is described and a set of core skills the authors' dentists will need on graduation and in the future are proposed.
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Cognitive development : its cultural and social foundations
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Natural and contrived experience in a reasoning problem
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of prior experience on a deceptive reasoning problem was investigated and the results showed that prior experience was ineffective in allowing subsequent insight to be gained into the problem.
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Na vida dez; na escola zero: os contextos culturais da aprendizagem da matemática.
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