Crisan, C;
(2012)
I thought I knew all about square roots.
In: Smith, C, (ed.)
BSRLM Proceedings: Vol 32 No 3 University of Cambridge, Nov 2012.
(pp. pp. 43-48).
British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
Following on from my observations of the inconsistencies and misuse of the radical symbol amongst pupils, undergraduates, teachers and some authors of school textbooks, I became interested in those decisions that teachers take when confronted with inaccurate or ambiguous representations of the square root concept and its associated symbol notation. The impact that the ambiguous treatment of this mathematical concept and its associated symbol notation has on a number of PGCE students’ conceptual understanding and pedagogical affinity will be discussed.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | I thought I knew all about square roots |
| Event: | BSRLM Day Conference |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.bsrlm.org.uk/publications/proceedings-o... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2012. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1477143 |
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