FREEDOM AND CONSTRAINT.

Authors :: Foster, Colin
Galligan, Linda
Mackrell, Kate
Mason, John
Melville, Ali
Piggott, Jennifer
Rodd, Melissa
Watson, Anne
Source :: Mathematics Teaching. Jun2005, Issue 191, p37-40. 4p.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: Considers issues related to the constraints of axioms, laws and properties discussed in a 2004 conference on mathematics education in Great Britain. Contribution of mathematical structure to constraints; Use of constraints to solve problems and understand relationships; Constraints that provide the backbone of mathematics learning; Aspects of freedom and constraints; Exercises on constraints. INSET: Contrasting freedom and constraint.