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(1994) Cultural perspectives on the mathematics classroom, Dordrecht, Springer.
Some years ago, while conducting an investigation with mathophobic students (Gattuso & Lacasse 1986, 1987, Gattuso 1987) I was amazed by the perception the students had of their mathematics teachers. The subjects were 15 college students enrolled in "Mathophobia" workshops. Data were taken from autobiographical questionnaires and from recordings of discussions going on between the pupils and animators during the workshops. Analysis showed very clearly that these students took this equation as a tautology:
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1199-9_7
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Gattuso, L. (1994)., What happens when robots have feelings?, in S. Lerman (ed.), Cultural perspectives on the mathematics classroom, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 99-114.