Un análisis de la capacidad espacial en estudios de ingeniería técnica

Desde el siglo pasado se ha recalcado la importancia que tiene la capacidad espa- cial en la inteligencia y en la enseñanza-aprendizaje de las matemáticas. En este trabajo se ha elegido el modelo de Carroll para analizar la capacidad espacial del alumnado de la Escuela Politécnica Universitaria de San Sebastián. Se han plan- teado tres objetivos: (a) analizar la capacidad espacial de los estudiantes de prime- ro en función de la especialidad y del sexo, y en relación con la nota obtenida en di- bujo técnico; (b) analizar, igualmente, la capacidad espacial de los estudiantes de tercero; y (c) comparar ambos resultados.

A case study of epistemic order in mathematics classroom dialogue

We define epistemic order as the way in which the exchange and development of knowledge takes place in the classroom, breaking this down into a system of three components: epistemic initiative relating to who sets the agenda in classroom dialogue, and how; epistemic appraisal relating to who judges contributions to classroom dialogue, and how; and epistemic framing relating to the terms in which development and exchange of knowledge are represented, particularly in reflexive talk. These components are operationalised in terms of various types of structural and semantic analysis of dialogue. It is shown that a lesson segment displays a multi-layered epistemic order differing from that of conventional classroom recitation.

Investigating stratification, language diversity and mathematics classroom interaction

Research on the socio-political dimensions of language diversity in mathematics classrooms is under-theorised and largely focuses on language choice. These dimensions are, however, likely to influence mathematics classroom interaction in many other ways than participants’ choice of language. To investigate these influences, I propose that the notions ofheteroglossia, orders of indexicality and scale-jumping, can provide new theoretical tools with which to understand the links between classroom interaction and broader social patterns of marginalisation. To illustrate the utility of these ideas, I include some analysis of an episode observed in a sheltered elementary school second language mathematics classroom in Canada.