Writing for Mathematics Discovery-Learning: A Model for Composition Courses.

Autor/in	Weaver, Laura H.
Titel	Writing for Mathematics Discovery-Learning: A Model for Composition Courses.
Quelle	(1985), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Cognitive Processes; Content Area Writing; Discovery Learning; Discovery Processes; Higher Education; Learning Processes; Learning Strategies; Mathematics Instruction; Perception; Productive Thinking; Teaching Methods; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction; Writing Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schriftliche Übung; Entdeckendes Lernen; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Wahrnehmung; Produktives Denken; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	Focusing on how expert writers in various disciplines convey complex ideas, this paper shows how the techniques used by the mathematician, Clark Kimberling, in various writings can (1) be transferred to other disciplines, (2) show learning taking place, and (3) provide models for students to re-enact learning in all subject areas. The paper defines the process of discovery and describes Kimberling's four stylistic devices to create a form reproducing this activity of discovery: (1) first-person references to the teacher/writer's experience in the classroom and second-person references to the audience (other teachers); (2) language and syntax depicting the excitement of learning; (3) idealized dialogue ("language somewhere between the way students usually talk and the actual language of mathematics,") and (4) insertion of bits of mathematics history into the discussion to establish continuity between present and past discoveries. The paper then discusses the use of the articles to stimulate students' writing about the process of one of their own discoveries and mentions some of the varied topics on which students have written. The paper includes a discussion of the benefits of using these articles in composition assignments. A four-page bibliography lists articles and other writings by Kimberling. (EL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01