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Discovery Method and Teaching-Research

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In Unit 1 we reflected upon the gap between research and practice and reviewed recent efforts to close this gap by reconceptualising mathematics education research as a design research (Unit 4). In Chapter 1.1 we began a discussion about the essential role of discovery learning in conducting teaching research, in this chapter we reflect upon discovery learning as an important tool in the effort by constructivist pedagogy to reform mathematics education.

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  1. Mathematics Department, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, USA

    William Baker

  2. City University of New York, USA

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  1. Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA

    Bronislaw Czarnocha

  2. Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA

    William Baker

  3. Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College, City University of New York, USA

    Olen Dias

  4. Bronx Community College, City University of New York, USA

    Vrunda Prabhu

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Baker, W. (2016). Discovery Method and Teaching-Research. In: Czarnocha, B., Baker, W., Dias, O., Prabhu, V. (eds) The Creative Enterprise of Mathematics Teaching Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-549-4_21

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