Mathematical meaning-making and its relation to design of teaching
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https://doi.org/10.30827/pna.v9i4.6098Keywords:
Functions, Mathematical meaning, TeachingAbstract
This paper addresses the design of teaching to promote engineering students’ conceptual understanding of mathematics, and its outcomes for mathematical meaning-making. Within a developmental research approach, inquiry-based tasks have been designed and evaluated, through the use of competencies proposed for their potential to promote conceptual learning. A sociocultural frame draws attention to interactions between different cultural elements to address challenges to teaching related to student perspectives and the math-ematical meanings they develop. The paper recognizes tensions between design of inquiry-based practice and the outcomes of that practice, and demonstrates the need for new research to address mathematical meanings of a student community within a sociocultural frame.
Creación de significado matemático y su relación con el diseño en la enseñanza
En este trabajo se aborda el diseño de la enseñanza para promover la comprensión conceptual de las matemáticas por parte de estudiantes de ingeniería, y sus resultados para crear significado matemático. Dentro de un enfoque de investigación del desarrollo, las tareas se han diseñado y evaluado a través del uso de competencias propuestas por su potencial para promover aprendizaje conceptual. Un marco sociocultural llama la atención sobre las interacciones entre los diferentes elementos culturales para hacer frente a los retos de la enseñanza en relación a las perspectivas de los estudiantes y los significados matemáticos que desarrollan. El artículo reconoce las ten-siones entre el diseño de la práctica basada en la investigación y los resultados de esa práctica, y demuestra la necesidad de nuevas investigaciones para abordar los significados matemáticos de una comunidad estudiantil dentro de un marco sociocultural.
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