THE SHARED KNOWLEDGE OF THE CLASS VERSUS INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE IN A COURSE ON CHAOS AND FRACTALS

Assaf Dvir, Tommy Dreyfus, Michal Tabach

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Abstract

This study focuses on gaps between the knowledge which functions-as-if-shared in a class as a collective and the knowledge that is used by each individual student. We analyze to what extent knowledge and ideas that are shared by the class community are available to and have been applied by the individual students. The research is based on data collected in an introductory course on chaos and fractals. The course included challenging inquiry activities that led to genuine argumentation, and to the emergence of quite a few new (for the students) mathematical notions. Initial findings present important gaps. We investigate to what extent these gaps can be explained by individual students’ problem-solving skills, in heuristics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2021
EditorsMaitree Inprasitha, Narumon Changsri, Nisakorn Boonsena
Pages209-216
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2021
Event44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 19 Jul 202122 Jul 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Volume2

Conference

Conference44th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period19/07/2122/07/21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mathematics (miscellaneous)
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education

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