A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East Word Problems As Genre in Mathematics Education

Author/creator Gerofsky, Susan, 1955- Author
Other author EBSCO Publishing (Firm)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
Descriptionix, 170 p.
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SeriesExtreme Teaching, Rigorous Texts for Troubled Times Ser. Vol. 5
Summary Annotation 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, &la" what are word problems?, this book addresses it by &la" 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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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002069269
ISBN9780820458236
ISBN0820458236 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Stock number00014985

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