Cognitive Models Underlying Algebraic and Non-Algebraic Solutions to Unequal Partition Problems.

MacGregor, Mollie; Stacey, Kaye

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ERIC Number: EJ578280

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Publication Date: 1998

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Cognitive Models Underlying Algebraic and Non-Algebraic Solutions to Unequal Partition Problems.

MacGregor, Mollie; Stacey, Kaye

Mathematics Education Research Journal, v10 n2 p46-60 Sep 1998

Investigates how different problem presentations promote the construction of different cognitive models in school students (N=268) aged 14 to 16. Concludes that the lack of correspondence between a cognitive model of the situation and an algebraic representation of relationships in a problem is a powerful obstacle to the use of algebraic methods. Contains 26 references. (Author/ASK)

Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Structures, Mathematics Education, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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