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No scientist is as model minded as is the statistician; in no other branch of science is the word model as often and consciously used as in statistics.

— Hans Freudenthal The Concept and the Role of the Model in Mathematics and Natural and Social Sciences (1961)

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Horizontal mathematising leads from the world of life to the world of symbols.

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Angles are measured by arcs, such that 360° and 2π correspond to each other.

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Vertical mathematising is the most likely part of the learning process for the bonds with reality to be loosened and eventually cut.

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Educational technique needs a philosophy, which is a matter of faith rather than of science.

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Learners should be allowed to find their own levels and explore the paths leading there with as much and as little guidance as each particular case requires.

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