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Blending, Math, and Technology

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Learning and Teaching Mathematics in The Global Village

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The applications of neuroscientific research to education have been expanding over the last few decades. Among other things, the research supports the blending model of cognition, which asserts that concepts are formed through associations and amalgamations in the brain. The theory of blending and its various implications for math pedagogy are explored in this chapter, since these are especially relevant to teaching mathematics in the Global Village.

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

Stefan Banach (1892–1945)

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Danesi, M. (2016). Blending, Math, and Technology. In: Learning and Teaching Mathematics in The Global Village. Mathematics Education in the Digital Era, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32280-3_5

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