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Download full textSlavit, David – Mathematics Educator, 2006
This paper articulates a perspective on learning to discuss ways in which students develop personal sense and negotiate meaning in a middle school algebra context. Building on a sociocultural perspective that incorporates mental objects, learning is described as a mutually dependent process involving personal sense making and the public…
Descriptors: Student Problems, Sociocultural Patterns, Algebra, Middle Schools
