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Sense-making in learning mathematics : An act of comprehension or creation?
Scheiner, Thorsten Pinto, Marcia M. F.
Scheiner, Thorsten
Pinto, Marcia M. F.
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Abstract
Earlier approaches to sense-making in mathematics have looked at the ways students comprehend a mathematical concept. Recent research suggests that some students make sense not only of mathematical objects that have a being, but also of objects that have yet to become. In such cases, learning mathematics is not just an act of comprehending a given mathematical concept, but rather an act of creating a mathematical concept that has yet to come into being. In this paper, we argue that this act of creation is better referred to as meaning-making than sense-making, bringing to the fore the distinction between acts of comprehension and acts of creation. Recognising learning mathematics as both sense-making and meaning-making allows better acknowledging the reciprocal relationship between mathematical concept and mathematical conception, a relationship constituted by the interplay of comprehension and creation.
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Date
2022
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Journal article
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For the Learning of Mathematics
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42
Issue
3
Page Range
16-20
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Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education (ILSTE)
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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