Learning Trajectories and Place in Mathematics Education

Abstract

There are several studies related to learning on the field of education, but in the recent times, they
have focused on examining how students think and how their thinking becomes more complicated in time. The
conception of learning trajectories consisting of mathematical purpose, progressive improvements specific to the
domain of child, appropriate activities for the different levels of these improvements has emerged in this review
process. Various definitions of learning trajectories have been put forward by different researchers, and it has been
observed that the trajectories are utilized in the processes of learning and teaching mathematics, and evaluating the
subject learned. Therefore, the aim of this compilation study is primarily to introduce the conception of learning
trajectories to national literature, to discuss this subject by using definitions of learning trajectories by various
researchers, and to address the fields utilizing mathematics education briefly. It is suggested to conduct different
studies at all levels about learning orbits.