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On Networking Strategies and Theories’ Compatibility: Learning from an Effective Combination of Theories in a Research Project

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In their article in this volume Bikner-Ahsbahs and Prediger provide a comprehensive introduction into the networking of theories in mathematics education. My contribution illustrates the networking of theories being described and discussed by an example from my research. I address the strategies for connection having been used in that case, demonstrate how that linking really worked by applying it to a concrete piece of data, and reflect upon theories’ preconditions that helped to make networking a fruitful business.

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    Helga Jungwirth

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    Bharath Sriraman

  2. Centre for Learning Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia

    Lyn English

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Jungwirth, H. (2010). On Networking Strategies and Theories’ Compatibility: Learning from an Effective Combination of Theories in a Research Project. In: Sriraman, B., English, L. (eds) Theories of Mathematics Education. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00742-2_49

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