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The reigning epistemologies in mathematics education take (visual) perception as an unproblematic phenomenon, assuming that students see (i.e., perceive and understand) the curriculum materials presented in the way that a knowing mathematics teacher/educator intends them to be seen (i.e., perceived and understood).
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Roth, Wm. (2012). The Work of Seeing Mathematically. In: Mukhopadhyay, S., Roth, WM. (eds) Alternative Forms of Knowing (in) Mathematics. New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education , vol 24. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-921-3_11
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