This ICME-13 Topical Survey is designed to provide an overview of contemporary research
in the philosophy of mathematics education. This is a broad cluster of overlapping but at …

Currently, considerable debate focuses on whether mind is located in the head or in the
individual-in-social-action, and whether development is cognitive self-organization or …

Proposing social constructivism as a novel philosophy of mathematics, this book is inspired
by current work in sociology of knowledge and social studies of science. It extends the ideas …

This book is the culmination of some ten years' theoretical and empirical investigation.
Throughout this period, we have come into contact with many who have stimulated our …

The representational view of mind in mathematics education is evidenced by theories that
characterize learning as a process in which students modify their internal mental …

In this paper, we attempt to clarify what it means to teach mathematics for understanding and
to learn mathematics with understanding. To this end, we present an interactional analysis of …

Ten second-grade classes participated in a year-long project in which instruction was
generally compatible with a socioconstructivist theory of knowledge and recent …

Chapter 10 Is There a Theory of Mathematics Learning? Mathematics and theories of
learning The Dienes theory of mathematics-learning The van Hiele theory of learning …

Mathematics is generally considered as the only science where knowledge is uni form,
universal, and free from contradictions.„Mathematics is a social product-a'net of norms', as …

This second edition of The Child as Thinker has been thoroughly revised and updated to
provide an informed and accessible overview of the varied and extensive literature on …