This study illustrates the importance of coming to understand a student's mathematical activity in terms of possible conceptual schemes and modifying instructional strategies to build on those schemes.
These authors are motivated by a conception of mathematics (and/or its foundations) as hypothetico-deductive in nature and this leads them to construe mathematical activity in analogy with how explanatory hypotheses occur in science (see Mancosu 2001 for more details).
The teacher may vary the largely teacher-led pedagogical activity by introducing mathematical activities, usually in the form of mathematics problem-solving worksheets, for students to practice on.
This hypothesis, known as the sex-role socialization hypothesis, argues that because mathematics is traditionally viewed as a male domain, females may be socialized to think of themselves as mathematically incompetent and therefore females may avoid mathematics and when females do participate in mathematical activities they may experience more anxiety than males [ 75, 76].
The development of problem-posing skills for learners is one of the main aims of learning mathematics, and it should occupy a significant role in mathematical activities (Crespo 2003).
This supplement provides some general indications of Aristotle's awareness and participation in mathematical activities of his time.
In the proximal subgoal condition, children progressed rapidly in self-directed learning, achieved substantial mastery of mathematical operations, showed greater task persistence, and developed a sense of personal efficacy and intrinsic interest in mathematical activities, whereas distal goals had little effect.
The theory of games is a mathematical activity, developed in the 1940s, that seeks to put certain types of conflict, such as games, commcercial bargaining, and military rivalry, into formulas that can be explored and manipulated in an abstract way..
The theory of games is a mathematical activity, developed in the 1940s, that seeks to put certain types of conflict, such as games, commcercial bargaining, and military rivalry, into formulas that can be explored and manipulated in an abstract way.
The resulting linguistic system of logic may in turn be studied mathematically, even independently of the mathematical activities and their recordings that it was originally abstracted from.
