Michael N. Fried
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
65 Papers
304 Citations
Michael N. Fried is an academic researcher from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of mathematics education & History of mathematics. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 59 publications. Previous affiliations of Michael N. Fried include University of Montana.
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Papers
•Journal Article
History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education: a Saussurean Perspective
TL;DR: It is not only because of a certain eclecticism in mathematics education research that semiotic ideas have begun to take root there: it is also because of the dawning recognition that key areas of interest in Mathematics education genuinely have a semiotic nature.
Ways of Relating to the Mathematics of the Past
TL;DR: In this article, it is suggested that there are different kinds of relationships to the mathematics of the past, without judgment as to whether they are necessarily correct or legitimate, and that mathematics educators interested in the history mathematics have their own distinct relationship with the mathematics from the past or are aligned with one type or another.
A Spiral Task as a Model for In-service Teacher Education
Michael N. Fried,Miriam Amit +1 more
TL;DR: The spiral approach has long been used by curriculum designers to deepen students' knowledge of scientific and mathematical concepts and to bring students to higher levels of abstraction as mentioned in this paper, however, the benefits of a spiral approach can also be extended to teacher education.
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Dialogue on mathematics education: two points of view on the state of the art
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a letter in which one of us raises issues about the current state of mathematics education and the other responds, and see this as an attempt to initiate a dialogue on our field which they consider urgently needed.
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