Word problems, or story problems, have been a part of mathematical education for the past 4,000 years. This book considers mathematical word problems as a genre, drawing on analytic theory from linguistics, literary criticism, and mathematics education. Raising the question, what are word problems?, this book addresses it by taking a walk around the genre to see it from many points of view, including the linguistic, the historical, and the pedagogical. A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East sheds light on the nature of genre in education and inspires teachers to use word problems in new ways, with different intentions.
ISBN: | 9780820458236 |
Publisher: | Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
Imprint: | Peter Lang |
Published date: | 05 Jan 2004 |
DEWEY: | 510.71 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 170 |
Weight: | 258g |
Height: | 153mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 11mm |