Jordi Deulofeu

Didáctica de las matemáticas y Psicología

First, Mathematic Didactics is presented as an independent and inter-disciplinary area of study still under development with its own theoretical and practical fields. Then, didactic theories on mathematic education during the past 30 years are described, with a special emphasis on psychological factors explaining different trends. Finally, the article summarizes different lines of work taking shape within research in Mathematic Education, with particular attention paid to studies on the cognitive processes involved in learning mathematical concepts. From a social viewpoint, there are brief references to the study of mathematic behaviour and maths learning.

Day conference abstracts

It is recognised that an increasing number of students (in the USA) who are qualified intellectually are deciding not to study mathematics beyond minimum secondary school requirements and that many more girls than boys make this decision. A set of variables explaining individual differences in the learning of mathematics not only affects the amount of effort one is willing to employ to learn mathematics, but also influences the election of additional mathematics courses beyond the basic requirements in secondary schools. This paper reports on pilot study data gained from a Bangla translated version of the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitude Scales (FSMAS). The main purpose of the survey was to check the reliability of using the Bangla translated version of FSMAS in the rural Bangladeshi context and to observe any patterns of differences in attitudes to mathematics among different groups.

Història, Matemàtiques i realitat

La matematica es una disciplina viva en la historia dels pobles, al servei de les necessitats humanes i en estreta relacio amb la cultura. D’on ve, doncs, la seva imatge popular en el sentit que es una ciencia distant, que no te la calidesa que transmeten altres ciencies humanes? Potser hi ha dues matematiques? Per que un llibre de text que a la seva introduccio comenca parlant d’homes i dones que mesuren un camp al pas dels bous continua immediatament amb abstraccions dificils de comprendre? Per a que serveixen, finalment, les matematiques que s’aprenen a l’escola?