Download or read book Symbolizing, Modeling and Tool Use in Mathematics Education written by K.P Gravemeijer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-12-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the option of building on symbolizing, modeling and tool use as personally meaningful activities of students. It discusses the dimension of setting: varying from the study of informal, spontaneous activity of students, to an explicit focus on instructional design, and goals and effects of instruction; and the dimension of the theoretical framework of the researcher: varying from constructivism, to activity theory, cognitive psychology and instructional-design theory.