National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2016 Research Conference

Please note: The NCTM conference program is subject to change.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016: 8:30 AM

3020 (San Francisco Convention Center)

Jasmine Y. Ma , New York University, New York, NY

Sarah C Radke , New York University, New York, NY

Description:
This paper describes the mathematical dispositions of workers at an art crating company. Participants described themselves as failures in school mathematics, but engaged in sophisticated spatial reasoning at work designing and building custom crates for art objects. We outline three dispositions tied to the mathematical practices of measurement and representation at the art crating company.

Full Conference Paper

MAD NCTM2016 short paper.pdf (1.7 MB)