The student's perspective on school mathematics - a case study

Ann-Sofi Röj-Lindberg, Kirsti Löfwall Hemmi

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Abstract

This paper is based on a long-term case studyfocusing on students’ experiences of reform mathematics classrooms in Finland.More specifically, the focus of the paper is on emerging school mathematicalactions and activities experienced by three committed and engaged students. Thestudents expressed their experiences in interviews during and ten years afterlower secondary school. The paper attends to the question why taking part inits practices makes some students learn to like and others to dislike schoolmathematics, despite high attainment concerning reform-related objectives onachievement and responsibility. The study shows the importance of classroomswhere all students belong to communities where the mathematical knowledge isnegotiated.

Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
EditorsUffe Thomas Jankvist, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Michiel Veldhuis
PublisherFreudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands and ERME
Pages1962–1969
ISBN (Print)978-90-73346-75-8
Publication statusPublished - 2019
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
EventCongress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
Duration: 6 Feb 201910 Feb 2019

Conference

ConferenceCongress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
Period06/02/1910/02/19

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