PERSPECTIVES OF PROFESSORS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ON FRUIT SALAD ALGEBRA – A COMPARISON BETWEEN TAIWAN AND GERMANY
Wang TY, Dreher A, Lindmeier A, Hsieh FJ (2022)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2022
Publisher: Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Book Volume: 4
Pages Range: 123-130
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Event location: Alicante, ESP
ISBN: 9788413021782
Abstract
This study investigated intercultural differences in experts’ perspectives on the appropriateness of the use of mathematical representations. A total of 19 Taiwanese and 12 German experts (professors in mathematics education) participated in an online survey to evaluate the use of representations in a text vignette illustrating a classroom situation in which the teacher used fruit salad algebra. Through content analysis, this study revealed that the majority of German experts criticized the inappropriateness of the representations for causing letter as object misconceptions, whereas the perspectives of Taiwanese experts were dominated by practical concerns related to whether the use of the representations was a waste of time or could help students successfully perform mathematical operations on the symbols.
Authors with CRIS profile
Involved external institutions
Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
Germany (DE)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) / 國立臺灣師範大學
Taiwan (TW)
Germany (DE)
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Germany (DE)
National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) / 國立臺灣師範大學
Taiwan (TW)
How to cite
APA:
Wang, T.-Y., Dreher, A., Lindmeier, A., & Hsieh, F.-J. (2022). PERSPECTIVES OF PROFESSORS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ON FRUIT SALAD ALGEBRA – A COMPARISON BETWEEN TAIWAN AND GERMANY. In Ceneida Fernández, Salvador Llinares, Ángel Gutiérrez, Núria Planas (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 123-130). Alicante, ESP: Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME).
MLA:
Wang, Ting-Ying, et al. "PERSPECTIVES OF PROFESSORS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION ON FRUIT SALAD ALGEBRA – A COMPARISON BETWEEN TAIWAN AND GERMANY." Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2022, Alicante, ESP Ed. Ceneida Fernández, Salvador Llinares, Ángel Gutiérrez, Núria Planas, Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), 2022. 123-130.
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