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The chapter briefly introduces the theoretical framework of Abstraction in Context (AiC) by referring to the data from Chap. 2. AiC provides a model of nested epistemic actions for investigating, at a micro-analytic level, learning processes which lead to new (to the learner) constructs (concepts, strategies, …). AiC posits three phases: the need for a new construct, the emergence of the new construct, and its consolidation.
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Dreyfus, T., Kidron, I. (2014). Introduction to Abstraction in Context (AiC). In: Bikner-Ahsbahs, A., Prediger, S. (eds) Networking of Theories as a Research Practice in Mathematics Education. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05389-9_6
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