Metaphors for learning and doing mathematics in advanced mathematics lectures

The metaphors that students form and encounter have been shown to exert a powerful influence on how they think about mathematics. In this paper, we explore the linguistic metaphors about learning and doing mathematics that were prevalent in 11 advanced mathematics lectures. We present four metaphor...

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Published in:Educational studies in mathematics 2020-09, Vol.105 (1), p.1-17
Main Authors: Olsen, Joe, Lew, Kristen, Weber, Keith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advanced Courses
Computational Linguistics
Discovery Learning
Education
Figurative Language
Learning
Learning Processes
Lecture Method
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Instruction
Metaphor
Students
Teaching Methods
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Summary:The metaphors that students form and encounter have been shown to exert a powerful influence on how they think about mathematics. In this paper, we explore the linguistic metaphors about learning and doing mathematics that were prevalent in 11 advanced mathematics lectures. We present four metaphor clusters that were common in the corpus that we analyzed: Learning Mathematics is a Journey, Doing Mathematics is Work, Mathematics is Discovery, and Presenting Mathematics is a Story. We conclude the paper by discussing the implications of the metaphors that mathematicians use and students hear in their mathematics courses.
ISSN:0013-1954
1573-0816
DOI:10.1007/s10649-020-09968-x