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Vergnaud, Gerard – 1984
In response to theories of learning that attempt to get rid of contents, two arguments are provided which suggest that it is theoretically disputable that knowledge develops along the same kind of process for biology and history, physics and mathematics, or the geometry of the triangle, and the geometry of space. The first is that empirical…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation