LOGOS 16

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Mathematics Education Unit
Department of Mathematics


LOGOS #16


Construction of knowledge


Tuesday May 13, 9:30 – 17:00
Conference Centre, building 423, rooms 340 and 342

The construction of knowledge by mathematics students is a central issue in research on mathematics learning. The Mathematics Education Unit is hosting a one-day seminar to hear several experts on construction of knowledge in mathematics including guest speakers Tommy Dreyfus from Tel Aviv University, Israel, and Gaye Williams from Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.


The programme for this event is as follows. Each talk will be 40 minutes, followed by 20 minutes discussion.

  • 9:30 -€“ 10:00 Registration, Tea
  • 10:00 -€“ 12:55 Morning session. Chair: Mike Thomas
10:00 -€“ 10:50 Andy Begg, AUT - Auckland University of Technology, Construction of knowledge--thinking, making sense, coming to know
10:50 -€“ 11:20 Morning tea
11:20 -€“ 12:10 Tommy Dreyfus, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Abstraction in context: complexities of elementary probability
12:15 -€“ 12:55 Sepideh Stewart, University of Auckland, Embodied, symbolic and formal thinking in mathematics: The case of linear algebra
  • Lunch
  • 14:15 -€“ 17:00 Afternoon session. Chair: Tommy Dreyfus
14:15 - 15:05 Gaye Williams, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, Spontaneous abstracting: Linear functions and the nature of variable
15:05 – 15:35 Afternoon tea
15:35 – 16:15 Caroline Yoon, University of Auckland, Design of model-eliciting activities in calculus
16:20 – 17:00 Michael Thomas, University of Auckland, Constructing versatile mathematical conceptions using technology

Note: There is no charge for this seminar. Morning and afternoon tea will be included. Participants are expected to bring their own lunch or buy it at one of the many cafes in the immediate neighbourhood of the conference centre.

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