ERIC Number: EJ1186141
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Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 27
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Mathematics at Hand
Norton, Anderson; Ulrich, Catherine; Bell, Martha Ann; Cate, Anthony
The Mathematics Educator, v27 n1 p33-59 2018
The emerging field of mathematics educational neuroscience provides researchers with new approaches to understanding mathematical development, as well mathematics itself. This paper focuses on the role of the hand in constructing mathematics through activity. We rely on Piaget's distinction of three kinds of activity: sensorimotor activity, internalized actions, and interiorized operations--to review results from neuroscience studies. These distinctions and related neuroscience findings contribute to a new sense of mathematical embodiment. They also provide implications for mathematics instruction.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Activities, Neurosciences, Piagetian Theory, Human Body, Perceptual Motor Learning, Object Manipulation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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