Mathematical Imagination and Embodied Cognition

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Title:	Mathematical Imagination and Embodied Cognition
Language:	English
Authors:	Nemirovsky, Ricardo, Ferrara, Francesca
Source:	Educational Studies in Mathematics. Mar 2009 70(2):159-174.
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Peer Reviewed:	Y
Physical Description:	PDF
Page Count:	16
Publication Date:	2009
Document Type:	Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive
Education Level:	High Schools
Descriptors:	Imagination, Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Classroom Communication, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts
DOI:	10.1007/s10649-008-9150-4
ISSN:	0013-1954
Abstract:	The goal of this paper is to explore qualities of mathematical imagination in light of a classroom episode. It is based on the analysis of a classroom interaction in a high school Algebra class. We examine a sequence of nine utterances enacted by one of the students whom we call Carlene. Through these utterances Carlene illustrates, in our view, two phenomena: (1) juxtaposing displacements, and (2) articulating necessary cases. The discussion elaborates on the significance of these phenomena and draws relationships with the perspectives of embodied cognition and intersubjectivity.
Abstractor:	As Provided
Entry Date:	2009
Accession Number:	EJ829250
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	The goal of this paper is to explore qualities of mathematical imagination in light of a classroom episode. It is based on the analysis of a classroom interaction in a high school Algebra class. We examine a sequence of nine utterances enacted by one of the students whom we call Carlene. Through these utterances Carlene illustrates, in our view, two phenomena: (1) juxtaposing displacements, and (2) articulating necessary cases. The discussion elaborates on the significance of these phenomena and draws relationships with the perspectives of embodied cognition and intersubjectivity.
ISSN:	0013-1954
DOI:	10.1007/s10649-008-9150-4