NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Corinna Hankeln; Susanne Prediger – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2025
There has been a consensus that students' conceptual understanding of mathematical operations (such as multiplication) can be developed through communication about multiple representations. However, learning opportunities have often appeared to be limited to surface translations (in which only obvious similarities such as numbers have been…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Language Usage
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Marc Husband; Lisa Lunney Borden; Evan Throop Robinson – in education, 2023
This article explores the role that gestures play in the development of mathematical understanding. Using Pirie Kieren's (1994) notion of image making and Lunney Borden's (2011) idea of verbing mathematics, we share two examples of how students respond to teacher requests to demonstrate what they know about arrays.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Nonverbal Communication, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation