Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 2 (7), 222-231, July 2007          
ISSN 1992-2248 © 2007 Academic Journals

Full Length Research Paper

A mathematics vision from the usual environment

J. M. Chamoso

Department of Educational Mathematics and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Education, University of Salamanca, Paseo de Canalejas 169, 37008-Salamanca, Spain.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: jchamoso@usal.es. Tel.: (+34) 923 29 44 00 (Ext. 3469), Fax: (+34) 923 29 47 03.

Accepted 31 May, 2007

The search of the improvement of teaching and learning processes forces the education community to being kept worried in order to get the best way of presenting contents in the classroom, using the suitable materials and with a prepared organization. In order to obtain it, ideas can arise at any moment or place. One way to do it is using the nearest environment in order to work mathematics contents with activities of different levels. An example is presented, with suggestions for it application in the classroom. Nevertheless, every teacher should only act in this way if he/she thinks that it is the best way to get his/her teaching-learning aims.

Key words: Mathematics Education, mathematics from the environment, teaching-learning mathematics and mathematics practice.