Evolution and Use of Symbols in Undergraduate Mathematics: Theory and Practice

我们PI建议在为期一年的过程中，将在马萨诸塞州达特茅斯大学举行的研讨会，汇集了一组选定的开创性思想家在本科和高中数学的符号认知，为建立一个研究议程，在这一新的调查线在代数。数学中的符号认知关注数学符号的演变和使用，特别是它们的实用方面-符号在帮助人们做数学和学习者学习本科数学方面所发挥的特定认知和交流作用。这些会议的主要影响将影响到大学数学导论教师、高中数学教师和数学教育研究人员。

We PI proposes a symposium over the course of one year, to be held at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, that brings together a select group of seminal thinkers in symbolic cognition in undergraduate and high school mathematics, for the purpose of establishing a research agenda in this new line of inquiry in Algebra. Symbolic cognition in mathematics is concerned with the evolution and use of mathematical symbols, especially their practical side - the specific cognitive and communicative roles that symbols play in helping people to do mathematics and learners to learn undergraduate mathematics. The major impact of these meetings will affect university teachers of introductory mathematics, high school mathematics teachers and researchers in mathematics education.