A conceptual metaphor framework for the teaching of mathematics |
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Authors: | Marcel Danesi |
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Institution: | (1) Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory, Victoria College, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1K7 |
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Abstract: | Word problems in mathematics seem to constantly pose learning difficulties for all kinds of students. Recent work in math education (for example, Lakoff, G. &; Nuñez, R. E. (2000). Where mathematics comes from: How the embodied mind brings mathematics into being. New York: Basic Books]) suggests that the difficulties stem from an inability on the part of students to decipher the metaphorical properties of the language in which such problems are cast. A 2003 pilot study Danesi, M. (2003a). Semiotica, 145, 71–83] confirmed this hypothesis in an anecdotal way. This paper reviews the implications of that study and of a follow-up one that is described here as well, in the light of how the metaphorical analysis of word problems allows learners to overcome typical difficulties in word problem-solving by teaching them how to flesh out the underlying concepts and convert them into appropriate representations. |
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Keywords: | Mathematics education Metaphor Semiotics Conceptual metaphor theory Word problems |
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