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(2018) Invited lectures from the 13th international congress on mathematical education, Dordrecht, Springer.
Exploring the contribution of gestures to mathematical argumentation processes from a semiotic perspective
Cristina Sabena
pp. 541-559
A multimodal perspective on mathematics thinking processes is addressed through the semiotic bundle lens and considering a wide notion of sign drawing from Vygotsky's works. Within this frame, the paper focuses on the role of gestures in their interaction with the other signs (speech, in particular) and investigates the support they can provide to mathematical argumentation processes. A case study in primary school in the context of strategic interaction games provides data to show that gestures can support students in developing argumentations that depart from empirical stances and shift to a hypothetical plane in which generality is addressed. In this regard, by combining synchronic and diachronic analysis of the semiotic bundle, specific features of gestures are pointed out and discussed: the semiotic contraction, the condensing character of gestures, and the use of gesture space in a metaphorical sense.
Publication details
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-72170-5_30
Full citation:
Sabena, C. (2018)., Exploring the contribution of gestures to mathematical argumentation processes from a semiotic perspective, in G. Kaiser, H. Forgasz, M. Graven, A. Kuzniak, E. Simmt & B. Xu (eds.), Invited lectures from the 13th international congress on mathematical education, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 541-559.
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