Overview
- Presents a new way to teach and learn mathematics
- Provides a method for teachers to use the registers of semiotic representations theory in their everyday work at the classroom
- Explains how to develop the cognitive processes required to the acquisition of mathematical knowledge
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
Keywords
- Mathematics education
- Semiotics in mathematics education
- Teaching methods in mathematics education
- New ways of teaching mathematics
- Registers of semiotic representations
- Mathematical thinking
- Psychology of mathematics education
- Cognitive processes in mathematics education
- Educational research and planning
- Teacher education
- Teaching-learning processes
- learning and instruction
About this book
In this book, Raymond Duval shows how his theory of registers of semiotic representation can be used as a tool to analyze the cognitive processes through which students develop mathematical thinking. To Duval, the analysis of mathematical knowledge is in its essence the analysis of the cognitive synergy between different kinds of semiotic representation registers, because the mathematical way of thinking and working is based on transformations of semiotic representations into others. Based on this assumption, he proposes the use of semiotics to identify and develop the specific cognitive processes required to the acquisition of mathematical knowledge. In this volume he presents a method to do so, addressing the following questions:
• How to situate the registers of representation regarding the other semiotic “theories”• Why use a semio-cognitive analysis of the mathematical activity to teach mathematics
• How to distinguish the different types of registers
• How to organize learning tasks and activities which take into account the registers of representation
• How to make an analysis of the students’ production in terms of registers
Building upon the contributions he first presented in his classic book Sémiosis et pensée humaine, in this volume Duval focuses less on theoretical issues and more on how his theory can be used both as a tool for analysis and a working method to help mathematics teachers apply semiotics to their everyday work. He also dedicates a complete chapter to show how his theory can be applied as a new strategy to teach geometry.“Understanding the Mathematical Way of Thinking – The Registers of Semiotic Representations is an essential work for mathematics educators and mathematics teachers who look for an introduction to Raymond Duval’s cognitive theory of semiotic registers of representation, making it possible for them to see and teach mathematics with fresh eyes.”
Professor Tânia M. M. Campos, PHD.Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Raymond Duval is a philosopher and psychologist, devoted to researching mathematics education since the 1970s. He has worked at the Research Institute on Mathematical Education (IREM) in Strasbourg, France, from 1970 to 1995, where he developed an important research in cognitive psychology. Today, he is honorarius professor of the University du Litoral Côte d'Opale, France. His book Sémiosis et pensée humaine (1995) is a milestone in the theory of registers of semiotic representations, and his research papers over the years have greatly influenced research in mathematics education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Understanding the Mathematical Way of Thinking – The Registers of Semiotic Representations
Authors: Raymond Duval
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56910-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56909-3Published: 28 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86033-6Published: 12 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56910-9Published: 18 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 117
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Proem Editora, São Paulo. Original Portuguese edition published by Proem Editora, São Paulo, Brazil, 2011
Topics: Mathematics Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction