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Affect and mathematics in young children. Special issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics KU Leuven
Early experiments with modern mathematics in Belgium. Advanced mathematics taught from childhood? KU Leuven
Mathematics word problems illustrated: An analysis of Flemish mathematics textbooks KU Leuven
In the mathematics class, elementary school pupils are confronted a lot with mathematical word problems. In their mathematical textbooks, these word problems are often accompanied with illustrations. In the present study, we systematically investigated, for three different elementary grades, the occurrence of illustrations next to mathematical word problems in four commonly used mathematics textbooks in Flanders. Apart from their occurrence, we ...
On Marrying Machines with Mathematics - A Comment to “Reasoning with computer-assisted experiments in mathematics” by Liesbeth De Mol Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Rather than directly commenting on the historical analyses presented in the foregoing paper, I would here like to broaden the discussion, more firmly connecting this interesting subject with contemporary philosophical discussion.
Getting more out of the human mind than we put in. Review of ‘Getting more out of mathematics than what we put in’ from Mark Steiner (2011) and the ‘Comment on Mark Steiner's `Getting more out of mathematics than what we put in'’ from Marcus du Sautoy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In his statement on the power of mathematical concepts with their inherent latent information, Steiner brings together three elements: mathematics, nature and human mind. He finishes his article by posing the philosophical question 'which of these three elements is responsible for the remarkable richness of 'mathematical essences'?'.
In his 'Comment on Mark Steiner's `Getting more out of mathematics than what we put in'' du Sautoy also ...
In his 'Comment on Mark Steiner's `Getting more out of mathematics than what we put in'' du Sautoy also ...
Chinese upper elementary school mathematics teachers' attitudes towards the place and value of problematic word problems in mathematics education KU Leuven
Word problems play a crucial role in mathematics education. However, the authenticity of word problems is quite controversial. In terms of the necessity of realistic considerations to be taken into account in the solution process, word problems have been classified into two categories: standard word problems (S-items) and problematic word problems (P-items). S-items refer to those problems involving the straightforward application of one or more ...