Processi di generalizzazione nell’insegnamento-apprendimento dell’algebra

Abstract

This paper deals with the question of generalization in the teaching and learning of mathematics. In particular, a few theoretical works on generalisation processes in the field of algebra are introduced, after which some studies concerning the students’ behaviour and the role of the teacher in dealing with the exploration of figural sequences are analysed and theorized. The need for an adequate teachers’ education in the teaching of this kind of task is stressed.