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Cozza, Barbara; Oreshkina, Maria – School Science and Mathematics, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative study was: (a) to explore the cognitive and metacognitive processes of mathematics problem-solving discourse of 10-year-old students in Russia, Spain, Hungary, and the United States; and (b) to explore the patterns of social interactions during small group work. Data were analyzed using a cognitive/metacognitive…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition, Foreign Countries
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Navarro, Santiago Palacios; Lopez de Arechavaleta, Blanca Olalde – Intercultural Education, 2010
People use mental shortcuts to simplify the amount of information they receive from the environment. Heuristic reasoning can be included among these mental shortcuts. In general, heuristics is useful for making fast decisions and judgements, but in certain cases, it may lead to systematic errors because some relevant aspects presented in the given…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Heuristics, Immigration, Mathematics Instruction
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Rosales, Javier; Orrantia, Josetxu; Vicente, Santiago; Chamoso, Jose M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2008
In the article we compare the approaches of 3 in-service teachers and 3 student teachers when they tried to solve a verbal arithmetic problem in the classroom. Each interaction was studied using a System of Analysis that takes into account the cognitive processes involved in the solution of a mathematic problem and describes the interaction at…
Descriptors: Experienced Teachers, Student Teachers, Student Participation, Interaction