Overview
- Discusses processes of change and transition across different areas and levels of mathematics education
- Provides an overview of the state of research on transitions from both individual and institutional perspective
- Describes directions for future research on transitions in mathematics education
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys (ICME13TS)
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This book examines the kinds of transitions that have been studied in mathematics education research. It defines transition as a process of change, and describes learning in an educational context as a transition process. The book focuses on research in the area of mathematics education, and starts out with a literature review, describing the epistemological, cognitive, institutional and sociocultural perspectives on transition. It then looks at the research questions posed in the studies and their link with transition, and examines the theoretical approaches and methods used. It explores whether the research conducted has led to the identification of continuous processes, successive steps, or discontinuities. It answers the question of whether there are difficulties attached to the discontinuities identified, and if so, whether the research proposes means to reduce the gap – to create a transition. The book concludes with directions for future research on transitions in mathematics education.
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Book Title: Transitions in Mathematics Education
Authors: Ghislaine Gueudet, Marianna Bosch, Andrea A. diSessa, Oh Nam Kwon, Lieven Verschaffel
Series Title: ICME-13 Topical Surveys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31622-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31621-5Published: 21 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31622-2Published: 07 July 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-5947
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5955
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 34
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction