Learning Through Activity: A developing integrated theory of mathematics learning and teaching

Martin A Simon (1)

1 NYU - New York University [New York]

Sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 1978) has left the process of internalization relatively unexplored. In the Learning Through Activity (LTA) research program, we use basic constructs of constructivism to address this issue. The goal of our empirical and theoretical work has been to elaborate an integrated theory of mathematics learning and teaching. Towards this end and grounded in our empirical research, we have engaged in explicating reflective abstraction for mathematical concepts and developing a design approach for fostering reflective abstraction. The LTA approach is complimentary to a problem-solving approach; learning engendered by the LTA approach is not dependent on the uncertainty inherent in solving authentic problems.

Mots clés: Constructivism; learning theories; task design; mathematical concepts; learning trajectories

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Martin A Simon. Learning Through Activity: A developing integrated theory of mathematics learning and teaching. CERME 10, Feb 2017, Dublin, Ireland. ⟨hal-01948860⟩