A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East: Word Problems As Genre in Mathematics Education - Couverture souple

Gerofsky, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0820458236 ISBN 13 : 9780820458236

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Word problems, or story problems, have been a part of mathematical education for the past 4,000 years. This book considers mathematical word problems as a genre, drawing on analytic theory from linguistics, literary criticism, and mathematics education. Raising the question, what are word problems?, this book addresses it by taking a walk around the genre to see it from many points of view, including the linguistic, the historical, and the pedagogical. A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East sheds light on the nature of genre in education and inspires teachers to use word problems in new ways, with different intentions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Author: Susan Gerofsky earned her Ph.D. in mathematics education from Simon Fraser University, Canada, and her M.A. in applied linguistics from the University of Durham, England. Dr. Gerofsky teaches at an alternative school in Vancouver and at Simon Fraser University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0820458236
• ISBN 13: 9780820458236
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 170
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne