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  • 23 - Research in Mathematics Education

  • from Part V - Learning Disciplinary Knowledge
  • Edited by R. Keith Sawyer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences
    Published online:
    14 March 2022
    Print publication:
    07 April 2022, pp 467-485

  • Summary

    This chapter begins by describing what is unique about mathematics that has made it a central topic in the learning sciences. This research has historically been interdisciplinary, drawing on psychology, mathematics research and theory, and mathematics educators. It then describes two distinct approaches – the acquisitionist and the participationist. The acquisitionist approach considers learning to be what happens when an individual learner acquires mathematical knowledge. This part of the chapter reviews research on misconceptions and conceptual change that has been based in Piaget’s constructivist theories. The participationist approach views learning as originating in social interactions in diverse settings such as classrooms, homes and playgrounds, museums, and workplaces. This approach views learning as a collective sociocultural phenomenon, and uses methodologies such as interaction analysis and design-based research. This chapter concludes with a discussion of how teachers learn to teach mathematics.