The Construction of Mathematical Meanings: Connecting the Visual with the Symbolic Export

@article{Noss97, abstract = {In this paper, we explore the relationship between learners' actions, visualisations and the means by which these are articulated. We describe a microworld, Mathsticks, designed to help students construct mathematical meanings by forging links between the rhythms of their actions and the visual and corresponding symbolic representations they developed. Through a case study of two students interacting with Mathsticks, we illustrate a view of mathematics learning which places at its core the medium of expression, and the building of connections between different mathematisations rather than ascending to hierarchies of decontextualisation.}, author = {Noss, Richard and Healy, Lulu and Hoyles, Celia}, citeulike-article-id = {2797851}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1002943821419}, doi = {10.1023/A:1002943821419}, journal = {Educational Studies in Mathematics}, keywords = {mathsticks, multiple-representations}, month = {July}, number = {2}, pages = {203--233}, posted-at = {2008-09-24 12:34:31}, priority = {2}, title = {The Construction of Mathematical Meanings: Connecting the Visual with the Symbolic}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1002943821419}, volume = {33}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - Noss97 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2797851 N2 - In this paper, we explore the relationship between learners' actions, visualisations and the means by which these are articulated. We describe a microworld, Mathsticks, designed to help students construct mathematical meanings by forging links between the rhythms of their actions and the visual and corresponding symbolic representations they developed. Through a case study of two students interacting with Mathsticks, we illustrate a view of mathematics learning which places at its core the medium of expression, and the building of connections between different mathematisations rather than ascending to hierarchies of decontextualisation. IS - 2 JF - Educational Studies in Mathematics EP - 233 TI - The Construction of Mathematical Meanings: Connecting the Visual with the Symbolic VL - 33 SP - 203 KW - mathsticks KW - multiple-representations AU - Noss, Richard AU - Healy, Lulu AU - Hoyles, Celia PY - 1997/July// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1002943821419 ER -