Title: The transference of the mathematical language to different semantic fields

Authors: Alberto Camacho Rios, Bertha Ivonne Sanchez Lujan

Addresses: Instituto Tecnologico de Chihuahua II, Department of Basic Sciences, Mexico. ' Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Jimenez, Department of Basic Sciences, Mexico

Abstract: We describe the transition of the meaning and significant concepts through their raising in the linguistic and their reformulation in the cognitive psychology. With these concepts, we show the Theory of the Conceptual Fields of Vergnaud, in order to theoretically understand and frame teaching problems that are common in the classroom. We exemplify the case of the one to one function, associating a suitable semantic field to it for the superior level of education.

Keywords: meaning; significant concepts; cognition; invariant; semantic fields; semantics; cognitive psychology; education; teaching; mathematical language; linguistics; educational mathematics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMPT.2006.010664

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2006 Vol.27 No.1/2, pp.1 - 12

Published online: 16 Aug 2006 *

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