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Commentary on Theories of Mathematics Education

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C<strong>on</strong>tents xix<br />

Future-Oriented Perspectives <strong>on</strong> the Teaching and Learning<br />

<strong>of</strong>ProblemSolving...................270<br />

Mathematical Modelling . ...................271<br />

Modelling as an Advance <strong>on</strong> Existing Classroom Problem<br />

Solving.........................273<br />

An Example <strong>of</strong> an Interdisciplinary Mathematical Modelling<br />

Problem.........................274<br />

Cycles <strong>of</strong> Development Displayed by One Group <strong>of</strong> Children 276<br />

Students’ Learning in Working The First Fleet Problem . . . 278<br />

Mathematical Modelling with Young Learners: A Focus <strong>on</strong><br />

StatisticalReas<strong>on</strong>ing......................279<br />

C<strong>on</strong>cluding Points ..........................282<br />

Appendix: First Fleet Data Table .............284<br />

References . .............................286<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1 <strong>on</strong> Problem Solving for the 21 st Century ..........291<br />

Peter Grootenboer<br />

Introducti<strong>on</strong> . .............................291<br />

Complexity..............................291<br />

Mathematical Modelling .......................292<br />

FutureDirecti<strong>on</strong>s...........................294<br />

C<strong>on</strong>cluding Comments ........................295<br />

References . .............................295<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2 <strong>on</strong> Problem Solving for the 21 st Century ..........297<br />

Alan Zollman<br />

ForwardtothePast? .........................300<br />

References . .............................301<br />

Part X Embodied Minds and Dancing Brains: New Opportunities for<br />

Research in <strong>Mathematics</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong><br />

Preface to Part X ................................305<br />

Layne Kalbfleisch<br />

References . .............................306<br />

Embodied Minds and Dancing Brains: New Opportunities for Research<br />

in <strong>Mathematics</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong> ........................309<br />

Stephen R. Campbell<br />

Introducti<strong>on</strong> . .............................309<br />

First:WhyBother?..........................311<br />

Sec<strong>on</strong>d: Some Preliminary Rati<strong>on</strong>ale ................312<br />

Third: Cognitive and Educati<strong>on</strong>al Neuroscience . . .........314<br />

Fourth: Embodied Cogniti<strong>on</strong> . . ...................316<br />

Fifth: Toward Defining <strong>Mathematics</strong> Educati<strong>on</strong>al Neuroscience . . 319

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