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Webb, David C.; Boswinkel, Nina; Dekker, Truus – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
In the Netherlands, the "iceberg model," developed by the Freudenthal Institute, has been used to support teacher identification of informal and preformal representations that build students' understanding of formal mathematics. This article offers suggestions on how this model can be used to support professional development,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Cooperative Planning
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Ferguson, Tamara J.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Children's conceptions of the emotions of guilt versus shame were investigated in 2 studies involving children ages 7 to 9 and 10 to 12. Age-related differences in conceptions of guilt and shame emerged. The older children understood the adaptive implications of both emotions, whereas the younger children perceived them more in terms of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Tomic, Welko – 1994
This study investigated the effects of K. J. Klauer's (1989) inductive reasoning training program of teaching children. Effects of training and the range of transfer of the training were assessed. The subjects were 34 third-grade Dutch children of average ability, matched on age, sex, and IQ. Children from the training condition (N=17) received…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension