Marshall H. Stone, Learning and Using the Mathematical Concept of a Function, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Vol. 30, No. 1, Mathematical Learning: Report of a Conference ...

This film discusses the concept of functions in mathematics, emphasizing their importance and modern formulations. It explains how to create ordered pairs from a set of numbers and illustrates how ...

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Jul., 1999), pp. 362-389 (28 pages) Prototypes are used as references to cope with new examples in concept learning. Prototypes can, ...

This is in line with the basic principles of realistic mathematics education. The researchers also conclude that students develop a much better understanding of the mathematical concept of function.