Commentary 3 on Re-conceptualizing Mathematics Education as a Design Science

Abstract

Connecting theories is an activity in the practice of many mathematics education researchers. Broadly speaking the theoriesor theoretical perspectivesbeing connected come from within the field of mathematics education (home-brewed theories) or from outside (psychological, sociological, anthropological; philosophical, linguistic etc. theories), and they come from the same discipline or from different disciplines. As a consequence the researcher needs methods and strategies for connecting theories. Prediger