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Word Problems as Genre in Mathematics Education

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Word problems, or story problems, have been a part of mathematical education for the past 4,000 years. This book considers mathematical word problems as a genre, drawing on analytic theory from linguistics, literary criticism, and mathematics education. Raising the question, «what are word problems?», this book addresses it by «taking a walk» around the genre to see it from many points of view, including the linguistic, the historical, and the pedagogical. A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East sheds light on the nature of genre in education and inspires teachers to use word problems in new w...

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«Susan Gerofsky's three-pronged inquiry into word problems offers a sophisticated and powerful analysis of these enduring cultural artifacts of mathematics teaching and learning. Readers will gain both in terms of the what and the why of these compact pedagogic devices and in terms of how to implement a linguistic-pragmatic perspective on mathematics education research - one which is gaining significantly in explanatory potential. Gerofsky's book deserves to be very widely read and re-read.» (David Pimm, Professor, Department of Secondary Education, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Canada)
«Susan Gerofsky's delightful and insightful book should be read by all teachers of mathematics, and would also be of interest to almost