The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics
Subtitle: 2001 Yearbook (Yearbook (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics))
Contributors: Albert A. Cuoco (Editor); Frances R. Curcio (Editor)
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780873534956
Subjects: Study & Teaching; Mathematics; Mental representation; Study and teaching; Science/Mathematics
Description: Educators and scholars discuss the roles of "invented" and "presented" representations, the kind the child creates versus the kind the teacher gives to students, as an aspect of the internalization of mathematical reasoning. Representations are the devices which people use to help them gain insights, and by examining the interplay between modeling and representation, the roles for representation can be defined.