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This paper comments on the global ideas of Moreno-Armella and Sriraman (2005) pertaining to the development of representational systems. The discussion focuses on the co-evolution of symbols and their referents, and the shared interpretation of mathematical symbols in a community of practice. Some future directions are suggested.
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under grant no. ESI-0333753. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
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Goldin, G.A. (2010). Commentary on Symbols and Mediation in Mathematics Education. In: Sriraman, B., English, L. (eds) Theories of Mathematics Education. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00742-2_23
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