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."
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MAN LEFT ALBUQUERQUE HEADING E
Format: Paperback
Pages: 172
Product Weight: 0.56 lbs
Other: Kincheloe, Joe L.
Other: Weil, Danny
Author: Gerofsky, Susan
Publication Date: 2004-01-05
Language: English
Series: Extreme Teaching: Rigorous Texts for Troubled Times
Publisher: PETER LANG US
Dewey Decimal Classification: 510.71
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780820458236
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