The Number-Line Metaphor in the Discourse of a Textbook Series.

Herbst, Patricio

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Publication Date: 1997

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The Number-Line Metaphor in the Discourse of a Textbook Series.

Herbst, Patricio

For the Learning of Mathematics, v17 n3 p36-45 Nov 1997

Reviews and analyzes the number-line metaphor in textbooks. Presents examples to show a way to produce an internal critique of mathematical textbooks, a critique that targets the practices in which the notions are involved within the text. Presents the number-line metaphor as the horizon and the tiller of all the enlargements of the notion of number. Contains 23 references. (ASK)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Metaphors, Number Concepts, Textbooks

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Language: English

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