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Commentary 1 on Re-conceptualizing Mathematics Education as a Design Science

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The term design research was borrowed from “design sciences” such as architecture or engineering—where: (a) many of the most important kinds of systems that need to be understood were designed or developed by humans, (b) the conceptual systems that humans develop in order to design or understand the preceding systems also are used to make new adaptations, and (c) multi-disciplinary perspectives usually are needed to solve most realistically complex problems.

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  1. Department of Science and Technology Education, Ben Gurion University, Negev, Israel

    Miriam Amit

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  1. Dept. Mathematical Sciences, University of Montana-Missoula, Missoula, 59812-0864, U.S.A.

    Bharath Sriraman

  2. Centre for Learning Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia

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Amit, M. (2010). Commentary 1 on Re-conceptualizing Mathematics Education as a Design Science. In: Sriraman, B., English, L. (eds) Theories of Mathematics Education. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00742-2_15

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