%0 Book
%A Susan Gerofsky
%D 2021
%C New York, United States of America
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 1534-2808
%T A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East
%B Word Problems as Genre in Mathematics Education
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1098463
%X Word problems, or story problems, have been a part of mathematical education for the past 4,000 years. This book considers mathematical word problems as a genre, drawing on analytic theory from linguistics, literary criticism, and mathematics education. Raising the question, «what are word problems?», this book addresses it by «taking a walk» around the genre to see it from many points of view, including the linguistic, the historical, and the pedagogical. A Man Left Albuquerque Heading East sheds light on the nature of genre in education and inspires teachers to use word problems in new ways, with different intentions.
%K Mathematical education, Linguistics, Word problems, Literary criticism
%G English