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Renata Teófilo de Sousa; Francisco Régis Vieira Alves; Helena Maria Barros de Campos – Pedagogical Research, 2024
This work is the result of a master's investigation in Brazil, which discusses the teaching of the parabola in the initial training of mathematics teachers. Our theoretical framework addresses the relationship between intuition and the dialectics of the theory of didactic situations, which supports the analysis of the results of this study Its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Lautert, Sintria Labres; Schliemann, Analúcia Dias – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
We analyzed the written answers and explanations by 26 Brazilian high-school students who attempted to solve double and multiple proportionality problems using the cross-product algorithm. We focused on students' awareness of the scalar and functional relations among the quantities described in verbal problems, an aspect that has been part of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
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da Fonseca, Vilmar Gomes; Henriques, Ana Cláudia Correia Batalha – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2020
The literature emphasizes the interest and need to learn the concept of continuity with understanding, although this meaning it is not consensual nor specified how it may emerge and be developed in the learning process. In this paper we report the results of a study aiming to analyse Brazilian preservice mathematics teachers' understanding of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
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Carraher, Terezinha N.; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Explores the relationship between mathematical concepts and the circumstances of learning as they relate to within-individual variation. Analyzes previous results on mathematical concepts in and out of school in terms of their similarities and differences. (RJC)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cultural Context, Individual Differences, Knowledge Level
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction