Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Scaffolding in Mathematics Education

  • Living reference work entry
  • First Online:
Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education

  • 143 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Fijma N (2012) Learning to communicate about number. In: van Oers B (ed) Developmental education for young children. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 253–270

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • Mercer N (2000) Words and minds. Routledge, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Pimm D (1995) Symbols and meanings in school mathematics. Routledge, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Sfard A (2008) Thinking as communicating. Human development. The growth of discourses, and mathematizing. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Stone CA (1993) What is missing in the metaphor of scaffolding? In: Forman EA, Minick M, Stone CA (eds) Contexts for learning. Sociocultural dynamics in children’s development. Oxford University Press, New York, pp 169–183

    Google Scholar 

  • Stone CA, Wertsch J (1984) A social interactional analysis of learning disabilities remediation. J Learn Disabil 17:194–199

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • van de Pol J (2012) Scaffolding in teacher- student interaction. Exploring, measuring, promoting and evaluating scaffolding. Dissertation University of Amsterdam. Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen, Amsterdam

    Google Scholar 

  • van Oers B (2010) The emergence of mathematical thinking in the context of play. Educ Stud Math 74(1):23–37

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vygotsky LS (1978) Mind in society. Harvard University Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Wood D, Bruner JS, Ross G (1976) The role of tutoring in problem solving. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 17:89–10

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Behavioural and Human Movement Sciences, Department Research and Theory in Education, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Bert van Oers

Authors
  1. Bert van Oers
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Bert van Oers .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. South Bank University Centre for Mathematics Education, London, UK

    Steve Lerman

Section Editor information

  1. University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

    Yoshinori Shimizu

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

van Oers, B. (2019). Scaffolding in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77487-9_136-2

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77487-9_136-2

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-77487-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-77487-9

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference EducationReference Module Humanities and Social SciencesReference Module Education

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation