ERIC Number: ED599793
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Publication Date: 2014
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Mathematical Activities in a Social Learning Framework: How Multimodality Works in a Community of Practice
Ferrara, Francesca; Ng, Oi-Lam
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (38th) and the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) (36th, Vancouver, Canada, Jul 15-20, 2014)
In this paper, we explore an approach to understanding how multimodality works in a community of practice. Using a social learning framework, we show how a community of practice, involving a pair of high school students, engaged in perceptual, bodily, and imaginary experiences while discussing about calculus concepts in a dynamic geometry environment. Our findings suggest that learners' multimodal experiences emerge in both visible and invisible uses of the artefact and are situated in the mathematical activities. This study enriches our understanding about how students participate in the mathematical activities with dynamic geometry environments. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High School Students, Calculus, Student Experience, Social Development, Geometry, Grade 12, Advanced Placement Programs, Foreign Countries, Mathematical Concepts, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Computer Software, Interaction, Mathematics Activities
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 12
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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