Comments on: Mathematics Focal Points http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/09/14/mathematics-focal-points/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:37:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Borderland » The Might-Work Clearinghouse http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/09/14/mathematics-focal-points/#comment-29291 Borderland » The Might-Work Clearinghouse Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:31:34 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/09/14/mathematics-focal-points/#comment-29291 [...] To me, this quote is more interesting than the finding about Reading Recovery. I’ve still got my crap filter set to high. In looking around for information about the WWC itself, I found an article written by Alan Schoenfeld, a mathematics education researcher who has had some things to say about the Math Wars, which I wrote about a few months ago. [...] [...] To me, this quote is more interesting than the finding about Reading Recovery. I’ve still got my crap filter set to high. In looking around for information about the WWC itself, I found an article written by Alan Schoenfeld, a mathematics education researcher who has had some things to say about the Math Wars, which I wrote about a few months ago. [...]

]]> By: Bill Kerr http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/09/14/mathematics-focal-points/#comment-7702 Bill Kerr Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:05:06 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/09/14/mathematics-focal-points/#comment-7702 thnx for valuable summary of maths wars paper i think the relationship b/w process and product is dynamic and that although you can't throw away either, there is some sort of general shift happening which makes process more important than it was we can now search for anything and everything, so the process of search and evaluation of what we find become v. important - we don't have to carry so much content in our heads if we know where to find it quickly thnx for valuable summary of maths wars paper

i think the relationship b/w process and product is dynamic and that although you can’t throw away either, there is some sort of general shift happening which makes process more important than it was

we can now search for anything and everything, so the process of search and evaluation of what we find become v. important - we don’t have to carry so much content in our heads if we know where to find it quickly

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