Search for dissertations about: "contextualised mathematical tasks."

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words contextualised mathematical tasks..

  2. 1. Mathematics at work : a study of mathematical organisations in Rwandan workplaces and educational settings

    Author : Marcel Gahamanyi; Ingrid Andersson; Christer Bergsten; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Workplace mathematics; school mathematics; activity theory; anthropological theory of didactics; mathematical organisation; didactic transposition; contextualised mathematical tasks.; Skolmatematik; arbetsplatsmatematik; aktivitetsteori; antropologisk didaktisk teori; matematisk organisation; didaktisk transposition; kontextualiserade uppgifter; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : To make mathematics more significant for the beneficiaries, the problem studied in this thesis is to investigate how to connect mathematical daily practices with educational contexts. The overarching aim is to investigate how to contextualise school mathematics within Rwandan cultural mathematics practices. READ MORE

  4. 2. Decontextualized language, logic, and algebra : the relationship between Mozambican students’ achievement in school mathematics and their language and social background

    Author : Ribas Salatiel Madaucane Guambe; Núria Planas; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; Matematik och lärande;

    Abstract : Researchers in mathematics education have always stressed the relevance of algebra in school mathematics and have produced a wide range of empirical and theoretical outcomes in relation to this field. In addition, the importance of language proficiency for success in school mathematics has been explored in a variety of different contexts, as has been the relation between students’ social class and achievement in mathematics. READ MORE