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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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Learning not to think in a textbook-based mathematics class
TL;DR: In this paper, the anthropological and cognitive perspectives on one child's learning of the standard addition algorithm were discussed, and changes in the child's mathematical beliefs and constructions were analyzed as he moved from a experimental 2nd-grade mathematics class characterized by inquiry mathematics to a textbook-based third grade.
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Flight Instruction: The Challenge From Situated Cognition
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe what it means to be situated, and outline the central issues raised in the literature on situated cognition and situated learning, which have several implications for the conduct of flight instruction.
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Pedagogy on the Ethnomathematics--Epistemology Nexus: A Manifesto
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that learners do think mathematically and it is our responsibility as educators to recognize and appreciate their modes of mathematical reasoning, and propose some changes in the way academic mathematicians regard philosophy and pedagogy of mathematics that, in their opinion, will facilitate students' understanding of the cultural aspects of mathematics.
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Development of a Framework for Teaching L2 English as a Situated Practice in Malawi
TL;DR: In this article, a framework for teaching English as a situated practice in Malawi is presented, which is guided by views and practices of English methodology faculty members inMalawi's five secondary school teacher training institutions.
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Children's response to sales promotions and their impact on purchase behavior
TL;DR: This paper found that elementary-aged (second and fifth grade) children's purchase decisions are influenced by the presence of sales and that children have difficulty applying mathematical concepts to sales promotions, regardless of classroom mastery of the associated operations.
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Children's Minds
TL;DR: Donaldson as discussed by the authors argues that reading is even more important than we have thought it to be, since learning to read ca actually speed children through the crucial transition from preschool to school.
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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.
TL;DR: A concepcao de fracasso escolar aparece alternativamente como fracassos dos individuos (Poppovic, Esposito e Campos, 1975), fracasses of uma classe social (Lewis, 1967, Hoggart, 1957) ou fraccasso de um sistema social, economic, e politico (Freitag, 1979; Porto, 1981) that pratica uma seletividade socio-economica indevida.