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Journal of the Learning Sciences

2002 Volume 11, Number 2

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 8

  1. Analyzing Tools: Perspectives on the Role of Designed Artifacts in Mathematics Learning

    Anna Sfard & Kay McClain

    Introduces a special issue on the ways in which symbolic tools enable, mediate, and shape mathematical thinking while being themselves a product of these processes. (Author/MM) More

    pp. 153-61

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  2. Appendix: The Object and the Context: What Our Data Are and Where They Come From

    Kay McClain

    Describes the provenance of the data used in this issue. Includes design of the instructional sequence, instructional activities, classroom structure, and classroom episodes. (Author/MM) More

    pp. 163-85

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  3. Reasoning with Tools and Inscriptions

    Paul Cobb

    Analyzes two classroom episodes using a classroom mathematical practice together with students' diverse ways of contributing to its continual regeneration as the unit of analysis. Asserts that a... More

    pp. 187-215

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  4. Teacher's and Students' Understanding: The Role of Tools and Inscriptions in Supporting Effective Communication

    Kay McClain

    Investigates not only the influence but also the confluence of students' and teacher's understandings of the quality of whole class discussions. Focuses on the communication between students and... More

    pp. 217-49

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  5. Orchestrating the Multiple Voices and Inscriptions of a Mathematics Classroom

    Ellice Ann Forman & Ellen Ansell

    Explores how inscriptions are used to create argumentative positions in two classroom episodes. Finds that the classroom activities resembled those of scientific communities in several ways: (1)... More

    pp. 251-74

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  6. Children's Developing Mathematics in Collective Practices: A Framework for Analysis

    Geoffrey B. Saxe

    Presents a cultural-developmental framework for the analysis of children's mathematics in collective practices and illustrates the heuristic value of the framework through the analysis of... More

    pp. 275-300

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  7. Representational Tools and Mathematical Understanding

    Analucia D. Schliemann

    Considers individual students' progress as they use tools, discuss data distributions, and interact with teachers and their peers. Suggests that data display tools provide a partial context for... More

    pp. 301-17

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  8. The Interplay of Intimations and Implementations: Generating New Discourse with New Symbolic Tools

    Anna Sfard

    Analyzes two classroom episodes guided by the assumption that thinking can be conceptualized as an activity of communication and learning can be regarded as modifying and extending one's discursive... More

    pp. 319-57

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