Год выпуска: 2014 Автор: Corvell Cranfield Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 312 ISBN: 9783659117077
Описание
The construct of mathematical identity has recently been widely used in mathematics education with the intention to understand how students relate to and engage (or disengage) with mathematics. Mathematical identity is defined as the students’ knowledge, abilities, skills, beliefs, dispositions, attitudes and emotions, that relates to mathematics and mathematics learning. A key part of this relationship that students have with mathematics is the students’ evolving sense of self to understand how mathematics fits with this self. Research shows that students’ identity has many facets or multiple identities that are formed throughout their life history; engagement with their peers, family, and teachers; as well as engagement with mathematical tasks. Doing mathematics can be viewed as mathematical activity that involves integrating mathematical thinking by using mathematical facts and knowledge, and requires active student learning. Mathematical tasks used in the classroom form the basis...
