WHAT IS MATHEMATICS AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?

In this paper, we discuss the question, "What is mathematics?" We survey results from asking elementary students, secondary students, undergraduate elementary education majors, undergraduate liberal education majors, and undergraduate mathematics majors. We conclude that the answer to the question i...

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Publicado en:	ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 387 - 395
Autores principales:	LATTERELL, CARMEN M., WILSON, JANELLE L.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Oct2013
Materias:	Mathematics research Mathematics education Mathematicians Curriculum research School children Secondary school students
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Sumario:	In this paper, we discuss the question, "What is mathematics?" We survey results from asking elementary students, secondary students, undergraduate elementary education majors, undergraduate liberal education majors, and undergraduate mathematics majors. We conclude that the answer to the question is often vague, at best, and we discuss implications concerning secondary curriculum and attracting students into the mathematics major.