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ERIC Number: EJ476687
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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Cognitive Models Underlying Students' Formulation of Simple Linear Equations.
MacGregor, Mollie; Stacey, Kaye
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v24 n3 p217-32 May 1993
Data from students in grades 8-10 in suburban schools were presented to show that errors in formulating algebraic equations are not primarily the result of syntactic translation, as has been assumed in the literature. A theory of cognitive models is offered as an explanation for the errors. (Contains 37 references.) (MLN)
Descriptors: Algebra, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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