On Learning Processes and the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report

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ID9733144
AutoresJoanne Lobato (0000-0002-0589-1725, JOANNE LOBATO is a professor of mathematics education in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and at the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University, 6475 Alvarado Road, Suite 206, San Diego, CA, 92120; . Her research focuses on the transfer of learning, algebraic reasoning, school-based research at the middle and high school levels, and the role of "noticing" in the teaching and learning of mathematics, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen37
Número9
Páginas595-601
Fecha de publicación2008-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditorialAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x08327999
OpenAlexW2000471318
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas37

This article is a response to Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2008) and to one of the task group reports on which it was based, the report of the Task Group on Learning Processes. The author uses Maxwell’s two views of causality—regularity and process—to explore three major issues raised in the report: the nature of what is learned, how learning occurs, and the transfer of learning. She proposes alternative recommendations to those offered by the Panel, by drawing upon the mathematics education literature, which was largely excluded from the reviewed research. Furthermore, by neglecting research grounded in a process view of causality, the report excludes perspectives and findings that would have illuminated what it means to develop conceptual understanding in mathematics—one of three valued outcomes cited by the Panel

Causality (physics · Management · Mathematics education · Process (computing · Task (project management · Computer Science · Educational Assessment and Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques · Psychology