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View article: When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: towards a characterization of students’ mathematics discourse participation profiles
When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: towards a characterization of students’ mathematics discourse participation profiles Open
Many students are finishing secondary school without the essential mathematical skills needed to participate in social activities. Research in mathematics education has been investigating the phenomenon of persistent low achievement in mat…
View article: Digital artifacts in mathematics education: how can we study the learning processes they promote?
Digital artifacts in mathematics education: how can we study the learning processes they promote? Open
This contribution is an elaboration of what was presented by the first author at her invited conference "Digital Artifacts in Mathematics Education" held in September 2023 at the XXII Congress of the Italian Mathematical Union. The aim of …
View article: A Survey of Recent Research on Early Childhood Mathematics Education
A Survey of Recent Research on Early Childhood Mathematics Education Open
This is a summary report of the ICME-14 survey on Early Childhood Mathematics Education, which was conducted by the authors of this paper, with the aim to establish a review of the state-of-the-art of the most important developments, and o…
View article: How Learning to Speak the Language of a Computer-Based Digital Environment Can Plant Seeds of Algebraic Generalisation: The Case of a 12-Year-Old Student and eXpresser
How Learning to Speak the Language of a Computer-Based Digital Environment Can Plant Seeds of Algebraic Generalisation: The Case of a 12-Year-Old Student and eXpresser Open
When learning in a digital interactive mathematics learning environment (DIMLE) designed to foster the development of specific mathematics content, students come to express their ideas through different languages and representations. We de…
View article: Sense-making in algebraic mathematizing discourse: The profiles of Bea and Nico
Sense-making in algebraic mathematizing discourse: The profiles of Bea and Nico Open
This paper analyzes the discourse of two low-achieving high school students as they solve equations. Using a commognitive perspective, we show in fine-grained detail how attempts at sense-making provide an important dimension through which…
View article: Towards a technocritical mathematics education
Towards a technocritical mathematics education Open
Taking its departure point in critical mathematics education, mathematical competencies, and the use of digital technologies in mathematics teaching and learning, the paper sets out to discuss and describe a technocritical mathematics educ…
View article: An introduction to TWG24: Representations in mathematics teaching and learning
An introduction to TWG24: Representations in mathematics teaching and learning Open
CERME13 was the fourth full conference to feature TWG24, Representations in mathematics teaching and learning. This year we accepted 18 papers and 1 poster. In terms of participants, Italy and Germany were strongly represented, with the gr…
View article: Intermittent hypoxia treatments cause cellular priming in human microglia
Intermittent hypoxia treatments cause cellular priming in human microglia Open
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a sleep‐disordered breathing characterized by nocturnal collapses of the upper airway resulting in cycles of blood oxygen partial pressure oscillations, which lead to tissue and cell damage due t…
View article: Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Overview of Latest Developments And Looking Ahead
Early Childhood Mathematics Education Research: Overview of Latest Developments And Looking Ahead Open
In the present study, we provide an overview of the research in the field of early childhood mathematics education and identify the latest advances, new perspectives and gaps in the literature between 2012 and 2022. On the basis of our rev…
View article: ERME column
ERME column Open
In this contribution we introduce three classical theoretical stances within the field of mathematics education regarding representations. Our aim is to highlight what we consider to be an interesting shift in how representations are conce…
View article: "Doing well" in the Teaching for Robust Understanding approach revealed by the lens of the semiotic potential of tasks with the GGBot
"Doing well" in the Teaching for Robust Understanding approach revealed by the lens of the semiotic potential of tasks with the GGBot Open
In this paper we report on experiences we have provided students in a grade-3 classroom with the aim of introducing concepts in plane geometry through interaction with the GGBot, a drawing robot that can be programmed with SNAP! Blocks. We…
View article: Introduction to the papers of TWG24: Representation in mathematics teaching and learning
Introduction to the papers of TWG24: Representation in mathematics teaching and learning Open
In this short report of the main themes that were discussed, we divide the themes between more practice-based ones and more theoretical ones.
View article: Big Questions in Mathematics Education: A “Representations in Mathematics Teaching and Learning” Perspective
Big Questions in Mathematics Education: A “Representations in Mathematics Teaching and Learning” Perspective Open
I summarize the perspective that I presented, as leader of TWG24 “Representations in Mathematics Teaching and Learning”, bringing attention to a shift in how groups of researchers in Mathematics Education think and talk about mathematical …
View article: Survey on Early Childhood Mathematics Education at ICME-14
Survey on Early Childhood Mathematics Education at ICME-14 Open
This paper is about a survey to be presented at the 14th International Congress on Mathematics Education, which addresses the latest developments on Early Childhood Mathematics Education. The relevance of early mathematics learning and tea…
View article: Enhancing the Skill of Geometric Prediction Using Dynamic Geometry
Enhancing the Skill of Geometric Prediction Using Dynamic Geometry Open
This study concerns geometric prediction, a process of anticipation that has been identified as key in mathematical reasoning, and its possible constructive relationship with explorations within a Dynamic Geometry Environment (DGE). We fra…
View article: To tell a story, you need a protagonist: how dynamic interactive mediators can fulfill this role and foster explorative participation to mathematical discourse
To tell a story, you need a protagonist: how dynamic interactive mediators can fulfill this role and foster explorative participation to mathematical discourse Open
This paper focuses on students’ mathematical discourse emerging from interactions in the digital environment GeoGebra, in which one can construct virtual objects that realize mathematical signifiers and then interact with them. These virtu…
View article: On different strategies to solve problems involving algebraic expressions
On different strategies to solve problems involving algebraic expressions Open
This study is part of a larger project that involves Italian teachers and students in grades 6 and 7, with the objective of designing inclusive mathematical activities, through cycles of implementation and revision of the designed material…
View article: Meaning making through comparison of multiplication algorithms: an example of task design in the cultural transposition of lesson study
Meaning making through comparison of multiplication algorithms: an example of task design in the cultural transposition of lesson study Open
This study was carried out within the broader PerContare project (see www.percontare.it) that has the objective of designing, testing, and disseminating inclusive educational practices in primary school mathematics, allowing all children t…
View article: Teachers’ Perspectives on the Intertwining of Tangible and Digital Modes of Activity with a Drawing Robot for Geometry
Teachers’ Perspectives on the Intertwining of Tangible and Digital Modes of Activity with a Drawing Robot for Geometry Open
The GeomBot is a drawing robot that combines the well-known strengths and opportunities offered by Scratch with those of Papert’s original robotic drawing-turtle. In this study we look at the GeomBot as a physical programmable artifact aro…
View article: Developing an analytical tool of the processes of justificational mediation
Developing an analytical tool of the processes of justificational mediation Open
Within the Instrumental Approach (IA) the newly developed notion of justificational mediation (JM) describes mediations that aim at establishing truth of mathematical statements in the context of CAS-assisted proofs in textbooks. Here we s…