The work described in this paper is framed in a larger study focused on written argumentations produced by university students in tasks regarding graphs, conversions between graphs and their analytic properties and relations among different graphs. Using the functional linguistics framework, we analyse difficulties related to an examination task on functions and their derivatives. The use of colloquial and literate registers in mathematics problem solving is the lens through which we analyse and discuss the errors. We draw attention to the difficulties concerning the use of literate registers and how these difficulties influence the errors in the interpretations of texts and figures.
Reading data from Graphs: a study on the role of language / Albano, Giovannina; Coppola, Cristina; Pacelli, Tiziana. - (2015), pp. 1326-1332. (Intervento presentato al convegno the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME9) tenutosi a Prague, Czech Republic nel 4-8 February 2015).
Reading data from Graphs: a study on the role of language
Pacelli, Tiziana
2015
Abstract
The work described in this paper is framed in a larger study focused on written argumentations produced by university students in tasks regarding graphs, conversions between graphs and their analytic properties and relations among different graphs. Using the functional linguistics framework, we analyse difficulties related to an examination task on functions and their derivatives. The use of colloquial and literate registers in mathematics problem solving is the lens through which we analyse and discuss the errors. We draw attention to the difficulties concerning the use of literate registers and how these difficulties influence the errors in the interpretations of texts and figures.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
