Street mathematics and school mathematics/

Main Author: Nunes, Terezinha
Other Authors: Schliemann, Analucia Dias, Carraher, David William
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, c1993
Series:Learning in Doing (Cambridge University Press)
Subjects:
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245 1 0 |a Street mathematics and school mathematics/  |c Terezinha Nunes, Analuci a Dias Schliemann, David William Carraher 
260 |a Cambridge ;  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c c1993  |a New York: 
300 |a viii, 170 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm 
490 0 |a Learning in Doing (Cambridge University Press) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (σ. 161-170) and index. 
505 1 |a Preface--Series foreword--1. What is street mathematics?--Introductio n--The significance of street mathematics--Social factors in the emerge nce of street mathematics--Plan of the book--2. Arithmetic in the stree ts and in schools--Introduction--The cultural context--The empirical st udy--Subjects--Procedure--Results and discussion--Further questions--3. Written and oral arithmetic--Introduction--The empirical study--Subjec ts--Procedure--Results and discussion--Conclusions and further question s--4. Situational representation in oral and written mathematics--Intro duction--Different views of schooling and cognitive development--Fieldw ork in mathematics: farmers and students--Carpenters and apprentices: a rithmetic for the shop and for school conclusions--5. Situational and m athematical relations: a study on understanding proportions--Introducti on --A psychological analysis of the concept of proportions--Foremen an d students: social and learning contrasts--Solving problems about propo rtions--Conclusions--6. Reversibility and transfer in the schema of pro portionality--Proportionality in fishermen's everyday life--Catching, p rocessing, and selling fish--Seafood and other foods--Hypothetical moek h for fishermen's knowledge of proportions--Reversibility and transfer of fishermen's knowledge of proportions--Inversion and transfer of prop ortional relations in isomorphism of measures situations--Preservation of meaning in out-of-school strategies tosolve proportions problems--A contrast between solving problems about fishing and about agriculture-- Strategies in solving proportions problems in and out of school--Conclu sions--7. Reflections on street mathematics in hindsight--Psychology an d street mathematics--Defining mathematical activities--Psychological p rocesses in mathematizing situations--Lessons for education--Street mat hematics in the classroom--Street mathematics, school mathematics, and critical thinking--Final comments--References--Index 
650 0 |a Mathematics  |x Social aspects 
700 1 |a Schliemann, Analucia Dias 
700 1 |a Carraher, David William 
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