Search results for "Algebraic thought"
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Processi cognitivi e soluzioni di problemi matematici con studenti italiani e cinesi
2012
To compare cognitive processes adopted by students with different cultures in solving mathematical problems we have to focus on the Math epistemology through a cultural analysis concerning the fundamental elements of the students different cultural traditions and the philosophical, logic and linguistic bases subtended to the mathematical thought and its historical evolution. The paper describes this theoretical framework, emphasizing a possible comparison between different cognitive styles and mathematical problem solutions in the context of arithmetic and Algebraic thought of Italian and Chinese students in multicultural classes.
Ontogenesis and phylogenesis in the passage from arithmetic to algebraic thought
2012
With this work we retrace some of the fundamental historical and historical epistemological steps of the evolution of algebraic thought. Given the accepted parallelism between ontogenesis and phylogenesis we believe such a research to be a useful approach to the interpretation of obstacles and difficulties that students encounter during the acquisition of algebraic thought.