New mathematics education research and practice / / edited by Jurgen Maass; Wolfgang Schloglmann.

• TeilnehmendeR: Maass, Jurgen, 1955-; Schloglmann, Wolfgang, 1944-
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam, The Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2006]; 2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Mathematics education research has blossomed into many different areas which we can see in the programmes of the ICME conferences as well as in the various survey articles in the Handbooks. However, all of these lines of research are trying to grapple with a common problem, the complexity of the process of learning mathematics. Although our knowledge of the process is more extensive and deeper despite the fragmented nature of research in this area, there is still a need to overcome this fragmentation and to see learning as one process with different aspects. To overcome this fragmentation, this book identifies six themes: (1) mathematics, culture and society, (2) the structure of mathematics and its influence on the learning process, (3) mathematics learning as a cognitive process, (4) mathematics learning as a social process, (5) affective conditions of the mathematics learning process, (6) new technologies and mathematics learning. This book is addressed to all researchers in mathematic education. It gives an orientation and overview by addressing some carefully chosen questions on what is going on and what are the main results and questions what are important books or papers if further information is needed.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Jürgen Maasz and Wolfgang Schloeglmann -- Introduction / Juergen Maasz and Wolfgang Schloeglmann -- Introduction to the Section: Mathematics, Culture and Society / Ole Skovsmose -- Mathematics, Knowledge and Political Power / Christine Keitel -- Materialization and Organization: / Roland Fischer -- Challenges for Mathematics Education Research / Ole Skovsmose -- The Structure of Mathematics and its Influence on The Learning Process / Mogens Niss -- Fundamental Ideas / Fritz Schweiger -- Learning Difficulties Resulting from the Nature of Modern Mathematics: The Problem of Explanation / Michael Otte -- Mathematics Learning as a Cogni Tive Process / Hermann Maier -- Inscriptions as Objects of Mathematical Activities / Willibald Dörfler -- An Activity Theory Approach to the Formation of Mathematical Cognition: Developping Topics Through Predication in a Mathematical Community / Bert Van Oers -- Comparisons / Hermann Maier -- Mathematics Learning as a Social Process / Paul Cobb -- Participationist Discourse on Mathematics Learning / Anna Sfard -- Cultural Psychology, Anthropology and Sociology: the Developing ‘Strong’ Social Turn / Stephen Lerman -- Discursive Perspectives on Mathematical Learning: Commentary on Sfard’s and Lerman’s Chapters / Paul Cobb -- Affect and Mathematics Learning / Gilah C Leder -- Affect in Mathematical Thinking and Learning / Markku S. Hannula -- Affect and Emotion in Mathematical Thinking and Learning / Jeff Evans -- Affect and Mathematics Learning / Gilah C Leder -- Developing and Evaluating Alternative Technological Infrastructures for Learning Mathematics / C. Hoyles , J.B. Lagrange and R. Noss -- Contributor / Jürgen Maasz and Wolfgang Schloeglmann.