QUADERNI DI RICERCA IN DIDATTICA / Mathematics (QRDM)
  Quaderno N.22 Supplemento n.1 - PALERMO 2012

 

Editor in-Chief: Claudio FAZIO (University of Palermo)

 

 

Deputy Editors-in-Chief:

Benedetto DI PAOLA (University of Palermo)

 

Editorial Director:

Benedetto DI PAOLA (University of Palermo)

 

Editorial board:  
Mahdi ABDELJAOUAD (University of Tunis)

Shuhua AN (College of Education, California State University)

Michele ARTIGUE (University Paris Diderot - Paris 7)

Ferdinando ARZARELLO (University of Turino)

Maria BARTOLINI BUSSI (University of Modena - Reggio Emilia)

Aldo BRIGAGLIA (University of Palermo) 

Guy BROUSSEAU (Prof. Emeritus University Institute for Teacher Education of Aquitaine in Bordeaux)

Bruno D'AMORE (University of Bologna; University of Bogotà, Colombia)

Javier DIEZ PALOMAR (University of Barcelona)

Raffaella FRANCI (University of Siena)

Fulvia FURINGHETTI (University of Genova) 

Athanasios GAGATSIS (University of Cyprus)

Règis GRAS (Régis Gras, LINA, Université de Nantes)

Joseph GASCON (Elementary School, Los Angeles)

Claire MARGOLINAS (Laboratoire ACTé, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, France)

Fayez MINA (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)

Pietro NASTASI (University of Palermo)

Luis RADFORD (Laurentian University, Canada)

Alan ROGERSON (International Coordinator of the Mathematics in Society Project, Poland)

Aldo SCIMONE (University of Palermo)

Ivan TRENCANSKY (university of Bratislava, Slovakia)

Rongbao TU (Nanjing Normal University)

Zhonghe WU (National University, California, U.S.A.)

 

Commission Internationale pour l’Étude et l’Amélioration de l’Enseignement des Mathématiques (CIEAEM)

International Commission for the Study and Improvement  of Mathematics Education

 

CIEAEM 63 Barcelona , Spain,  24-29 July 2011

CIEAEM 63 Barcelone, Espagne, 24-29 juillet 2011

 

Conference conveners

 Joaquin giménez (Univeridad de Barcelona) quimgimenez@ub.edu -chair-

Javier díez-palomar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) javier.diez@uab.cat

 

Local Committee

 Javier Díez-Palomar (co-chair); Sixto Romero (co-chair); Vicenç Font; Pili Royo;

M. Jesús Luelmo; E. Barberá; Yuly Marsela Vanegas; Sandra Torras Ortin

 

  International Programme Committee

 Joaquin Giménez (chair); Louise Poirier (vice-president CIEAEM);

Marta Civil (USA); Gail Fitzsimons (AUS); Uwe Gellert (GER);

Fernando Hitt (CAN);Sonia Kafoussi (GRE); Sixto Romero (ESP); Laurent Theis (CAN)

 

Actes/Proceedings

 

FACILITATING ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION:

MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

Quaderni di Ricerca in didattica (Mathematics)

Issue 22, July 2012

Editor

Benedetto Di Paola

Guest Editor

Javier Díez-Palomar

 

G.R.I.M. - Gruppo di Ricerca sull'Insegnamento/Apprendimento delle Matematiche

University of Palermo, Italy

ISSN 1592-4424

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Contents of the volume:

Editorial and discussion paper / Editorial et discussion du théme

6

 

Plenaries

Mathematicians, Mathematics Educators and the state of the world (Ubiratan D’Ambrosio)

25

Learning Mathematics In and Out of School: A workplace education perspective (Gail E. FitzSimons)

37

Mathematics for social inclusion (Ramon Flecha)

51

On Social Class in Place – and Community- Based Mathematics Instruction: a Cross-Case Comparison from Rural America (Robert Klein)

56

Re-interpreting Students’ Interest in Mathematics: Youth Culture Resisting Modern Subjectification (Paola Valero)

72

 

 

Oral presentations

 

Usages des Technologies Dans et Hors la Classe (Gilles Aldon)

85

Playing with Numbers in Cultures: Beginning to Trouble Essentialist Views of Mathematical Knowledge re - production (Ana Chronaki, Georgia Mountzouri)

90

Mathematical Games Played by Elementary School Students (Dores Ferreira, Pedro Palhares and Jorge Nuno Silva)

95

Intercultural Debates and Citizenship. Some Teacher. Research Consequences (Joaquim Giménez, Yuli Vanegas, and Xavier Vilella)

99

Mathematical Modelling and Bank Loan Systems: An Experience with a Group of Youngs and Adults (Vera Helena Giusti de Souza, Rosana Nogueira de Lima, Tânia Maria Mendonça Campos and Leonardo Gerardini)

104

Un sens des mathématiques dans l’enseignement (Eric Laguerre)

108

Numeramentality: A research program in Mathematics Education (Samuel Edmundo Lopez Bello)

114

Le développement du raisonnement proportionnel à travers des problèmes statistiques chez des élèves du 3è sycle du primaire (Khoi Mai Huy, and Laurent Theis)

118

Mathematics and solar roaster in high school (Alejandro Rosas Mendoza, Leticia del Rocío Pardo and José Luis Gómez)

122

Everyday life models generated by social sciences students (Alejandro Rosas, and Leticia del Rocío Pardo)

126

Playing board games inside and outside the classroom (Chrysanthi Skoumpourdi)

130

Recognizing modeling routes for empowering 12-16-year-old pupils (Manel Sol, Joaquim Giménez, and Nuria Rosich)

135

Trying to be democratic in mathematics class (David Wagner, and Beth Herbel-Eisenmann)

139

Service learning as teacher education (Peter Appelbaum)

143

Soutenir les élèves à risque en apprentissage des mathématiques. Étude de cas d’un élève classé “déficient intellectuel léger” (Normand Caron, and Corneille Kazadi)

148

Schools and families as partners in the mathematics learning process: Portuguese data from the FAMA project (Margarida César)

152

Women in relation to school techonology and mathematics: reading hegemonic discourses via “cyborgs” and “subalterns” (Ana Chronaki)

156

Family Math involvement in Spain: the families’ voices (Javier Díez-Palomar, Sandra Torras, and Silvia Molina)

161

Assessing Evaluation: The problem of discriminatory students evaluation (Liora Hoch, and Miriam Amit)

166

I’m going to tell you to save you wondering: How enabling becomes disabling in a Canadian mathematics classroom (Christine Knipping, Hauke Straehler-Pohl, and David A. Reid)

171

Analyse d’un problème sous l’angle des décalages entre ce qui est attendu par l’enseignant et ce que permet le problème (Claudine Mary and Laurent Theis)

176

Cabinetmarkers’ everyday use of mathematics (Laia Saló)

181

Parent-trainer training course for success in mathematics and science (Ana Serradó, and Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris)

185

Analysing the discourse of low expectations (Hauke Straehler-Pohl, Sainza Fernández, Uwe Gellert, and Lourdes Figueiras)

190

Learning Mathematics as a “practically able” learner: An instance of institutional denial of access (Hauke Straehler-Pohl, and Uwe Gellert)

195

Mathematical literacy from the point of view of teachers and students in technical-industrial education in Brazil (Elisabete Zardo Búrigo)

200

Getting “real” with “rational numbers” to facilitate access and participation (Zuly L. Alfonzo, and Vena M. Long)

204

A case study on access and participation: Teaching mathematics based on computerised didactic units (Joaquim Barbé, Lorena Espinoza, and Uwe Gellert)

209

Reinforcing Arithmetic Problem Solving through the Use of a Properly Created Software (Luciana Bazzini, and Pietro Madaro)

214

Interdisciplinarity projects with social relevance from mathematical education (Rosa Becerra Hernández)

217

The way we work: Contributions of collaborative work to mathematics learning (Ines Borges, and Margarida César)

221

Educational laptop computers integrated into mathematics classrooms: is it a possible dream? (Maria Elisabette Brisola Brito Prado, and Nielce Meneguelo Lobo da Costa)

225

Towards reflexive discussions in mathematical modelling (Jonei Cerqueira Barbosa)

229

A socio-political analysis of mathematics teaching in the classroom (Petros Chaviaris, Charoula Stathopoulou, and Eleni Gana)

233

Les TIC sous forme de capsules virtuelles comme support à l’appropriation des connaissances en mathématiques auprès des élèves ordinaires et EHDAA de niveau secondaire (Diane Gauthier, Sandra Larouche, Marc-Pascal Harvey, Carl Bilodeau, Stéphanie B. Bilodeau, Nadia Fortin, Marie-Josée Lépine, Steeve Ouellet, and Pascal Tremblay)

238

Digital mathematical performances: creating a liminal space for participation (Susan Gerofsky)

242

Les interventions didactiques de l’enseignement dans l’enseignement des probabilités à des élèves en difficulté intégrée en classe ordinaire au primaire (Vincent Martin, Laurent Theis, and Claudine Mary)

248

Curriculum, textbooks, mathematics teaching: what really happens in the classroom? (Charoula Stathopoulou, Eleni Gana, and Petros Chaviaris)

252

Blind students’ participation in mainstream mathematics classes (Claudia Ventura, N. Santos and Margarida César)

257

Using e-Portfolios as a strategy to improve learning through participation and collective reflection (Marcelo Bairral, and Rafael dos Santos)

261

Challenges of teacher education in geometry (Lina Fonseca and Elisaete Cunha)

266

Formation des enseignants et utilisation de la technologie liée aux processus visuels en mathématiques (Fernando Hitt)

270

Secondary mathematics teachers incorporating digital technologies into their classroom practice (Verónica Hoyos)

274

Middle school mathematics teachers' initial perception about WebQuests (Aytaç Kurtulus, H. Bahadir Yanik, and Tuba Ada)

280

Teaching practices research as a source to develop training programs for mathematics teachers (Victor Larios Osorio, Vicenç Font Moll, Joaquím Giménez, Alejandro Díaz, and Barriga Casales)

284

Mathematics teacher education as a freedom practice: An approach of practical reflection (Nielce Meneguelo Lobo da Costa, Maria Elisabette Brisola Brito Prado, Ruy César Pietropaolo, and Tânia Maria Menconça Campos)

288

The interrelationships of mathematics and the school unit as viewed by prospective and in-service school principals: A systems theory approach (Andreas Moutsios-Rentzos, and François Kalavasis)

293

Mathematics assessment: A critical and participative experience (Andrés Moya Romero)

298

The mathematics teacher learning through his practice: The influence of his didactic and mathematical knowledge (David Páez and José Guzmán)

306

Mathematical knowledge for teaching: Exploring different meanings of education (Alessandro Jacques Ribeiro)

306

As time goes by: What remains from teachers' professional development? (Stefan Zehetmeier)

313

Systematic formation and discovery in the path toward the concept. Activities in a first grade of the primary school (Nilla Bonissoni, Paolo Longoni, Gianstefano Riva and Ernesto Rottoli)

317

Démarche d'observation en tant qu’outil de structuration de la pensée (Helena Boublil-Ekimova)

321

How do fair sharing tasks facilitate young children's access to fractional concepts? (Julie Cwikla, and Jeniffer Vonk)

326

Problem stories: Methodology for integration in elementary school (Maria de Fátima Sardinha, Pedro Palhares, and Fernando Azevedo)

331

L'utilisation des représentations par deux enseignantes du collégial pour l'introduction de la dérivée (Sarah Dufour, and Fernando Hitt)

335

The creative potential of mathematical model eliciting activities (Talya Gilat, and Miriam Amit)

339

La structure de la démonstration avec d'activités de géométrie (Lourdes Guerrero)

343

The influence of Dynamic Geometry Software on the development of geometric justifications (Víctor Larios and Noraísa González)

348

A modelling case study to investigate students' functional thinking: Galilei's sacks (Maria Lo Cicero)

352

Promoting the power of Mathematics- Children learning fractions with understanding (Emma Mamede and Manuela Oliveira)

356

Metacognitive functions during problem solving in pairs: A case study (Evangelos Mokos, and Sonia Kafoussi)

361

Je me demande si je suis sur le bon chemin...: Analyse d'une pratique enseignante portant sur la compréhension des relations de comparaison au primaire (Izabella Oliveira, and Stéphanie Rhéaume)

366

La planification des enseignants sur la résolution de problèmes: À quoi pensent-ils? (Carmen Paz Oval-Soto, and Izabella Oliveira)

372

Problem texts and epistemological issues (Luigi Menna)

378

Discovering the power of agent-based modelling to deal with complex systems in diverse contexts (Marta Ginovart, Xavier Portell, and Monica Blanco)

383

 

Special sessions

 

Talented students' use of representations in solving a 3- dimentional non-routine task (Miriam Amit, and Dorit Neria)

388

Un étude comparative: Matrices et systèmes lineaires dans l'enseignement secondaire français et brésilien (Tania Campos, Michèle Artigue and Marlene Alves)

393

Une analyse de l'approche du concept de fraction proposé par le curriculum de l'Etat de Sao Paulo (Tania Campos, Angélica Silva, Raquel Canova, and Marlene Alves)

398

Mathematical practices inside the classroom: An episode of cooperative interaction in pair work (Judith Chico, Nuria Planas, Laura Morera, and Josep Maria Fortuny)

403

Epistemic and didactic values of the demonstrative process in different cultures: A case study in geometry with Chinese and Italian students (Benedetto Di Paola, and Filippo Spagnolo)

408

Facilitating college access for capable students struggling with mathematics (Serge Hazanov)

413

Gifted students' achievement of high levels of probabilistic reasoning: The case of "Kidumatica" (Irma Jan, and Miriam Amit)

417

Mathematical challenges in a primary school: Learning experiences based on collaborative work (Medeiro, and Margarida César)

422

The concept of series in textbooks and in teaching practices (Rachid Seffrah, and Alejandro González-Martin)

425

Mathematical difficulties of students with Asperger syndrome in multiplication: A pilot research (Ionanis Noulis, and Sonia Kafoussi)

429

Apports et potentiels d'une situation physique comme support d'apprentissage de la fonction quadratique et de sa caractéristique de variation (Mireille Saboya, Bernadette Janvier, and François Lagacé)

434

Stratégies d'enseignement mises en place par une enseignante pour developer une activité de contrôle chez les élèves du secondaire (M. Saboya)

435

 

 

Forum of ideas

 

Quelques particularités de l'enseignement des mathématiques dans les classes bilingues aux lycées franco-slovaques (Viera Cernanova)

441

Why, how and where the absolute value is used in basic level? An analysis through textbooks (María Patricia Colin Uribe, and Gustavo Martínez-Sierra)

442

A tool for teachers within critical mathematics education (Fernando Dominguez)

444

GéogébraTUTOR: Un système tutoriel pour soutenir l'apprentissage de la géométrie (Nicolas Leduc, Philippe Richard, and Michèle Tessier-Baillargeon)

445

La Fontaine and Mathematics: Contributions for learning functions in the 8th grade (Ricardo Machado, and Margarida César)

446

Mathematical origami contest "The Crane" (Malgorzata Mikolajczyk)

451

A didactic online activity for trigonometry in high school (Gabriel Molina, Alejandro Rosas, and Apolo Castañeda)

452

Mathematics education and ethnomathematics. A connection in need of reinforcement (Pedro Palhares)

453

Pupil's conceptions of mathematical problems: Are we assuring equal opportunities? (Ana Remesal)

454

Good practice in the everyday use of netbooks in mathematics lessons (Nadia Stehlikova, and David Stein)

457

Gender and grade differences when reading mathematical texts (Ana Serradó)

458

Family math for adult learners: An European Network (Sandra Torras, and Javier Díez-Palomar)

465

Algebraic Thinking in Primary School (Leonel Vieira, Pedro Palhares, and Joaquim Giménez)

467

 

G.R.I.M. - Gruppo di Ricerca sull'Insegnamento/Apprendimento delle Matematiche

University of Palermo, Italy

ISSN 1592-4424

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