PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
Features of discourses regarding linear independence concept
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My work, an ongoing research, focuses on the identification of features of discourses in describing linear independence, borrowing ideas from Sfard (2000; 2001) and Presmeg (1997;1998). This paper reports the analysis of two participants’ discourses revealed in their responses to a single question. The findings showed that previously formed templates and signified-signifier pairs facilitated new semiotic spaces from which new signifiers (with new meanings) were adopted. Furthermore, participants’ descriptions of linear independence closely resembled features of their templates