algebra

May 5, 2014

1960s, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Mathematics, School Reform, Teaching /

“Indeed, we might summarize all these points by saying that schoolchildren have been deprived of the opportunity of actually doing mathematics in any sense even thinly related to the working activity of mathematicians. Thus, it is not surprising that children resist, that they seldom carry over their training informal manipulation into less formal situations, and […]

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March 22, 2012

1980s, 1990s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Mathematics, School Reform, Teaching, uncategorized /

“In Mindstorms (Papert, 1980), I asked (choosing one out of a vast number of possible examples) why the quadratic equation of the parabola is included in the mathematical knowledge every educated citizen is expected to know. Saying that it is “good math” is not enough reason: The curriculum includes only a minute sliver of the

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