Different procedures in argumentation and conjecturation in primary school: An experience with Chinese students
Different procedures in argumentation and conjecturation in primary school: An experience with Chinese students
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小学论证和猜想的不同程序:中国学生的经验
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2008
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B. Paola
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As it is possible to read from numerous research studies (Spagnolo, 2005; Nisbet, 2001, 2003) the reasoning schemes and the cognitive process specifically referred to the argumentation, conjecturation and demonstration phases are not possible to be defined in a universal way without taking into consideration the cultural context in which people live and study (linguistic aspects, philosophical aspects, beliefs and values etc.). This characteristic is evident in a clear manner analyzing different cultures as the Italian and the Chinese. The article aims to augment, in an experimental way, as some of the cultural differences verified trough the Italian and Chinese cultures (we will refer to the epistemological aspect of the two cultures) tacitly influence the didactical sphere of the discipline, putting in evidence differences in the basic nature of the cognitive process utilized by the students. The didactical experience discussed in this work, conducted in multicultural classes in Palermo, aims to analyze the cognitive behavior of pupils aged 3-10 in resolving pre-algebraic problems. The present work is inserted in a broader research project, conducted within the GRIM of Palermo and essentially dedicated to the analysis of the logical argumentative schemes verified in the Chinese and Italian cultures in the resolution of different task (tips of solution, resolute algorithmic, verifiable errors) structured in diverse mathematical contexts, created ad hoc. As for the research methodology, the activity was conducted according to Brousseau’s theoretical framework. The selected concept that constituted the mathematical specific milieu was choice in relation to the arithmetical thought, the algebraic thought, and so to the first approach to the concept of variable and unknown. The collected data have been analyzed in parallel according to a quantitative and qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis has been conducted using the software CHIC 3.0 for non parametric statistics. Introduction What we analyze when we discuss about of the binomials mathematics-culture, fundamental relation for this work and for a large tradition of research in didactic of mathematics, is not only the presentation of specific techniques trough witch a certain group of people treat the mathematical knowledge; but a critic discussion of possible correlations between the cultural context on witch these people live and the treated mathematical concepts that are elaborated and obtained. This is the approach that we are following, even if in a first approximation, in our work. What we are interesting in is in