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Analyzing Tools: Perspectives on the Role of Designed Artifacts in Mathematics Learning.

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Sfard, Anna; McClain, Kay – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2002

Introduces a special issue on the ways in which symbolic tools enable, mediate, and shape mathematical thinking while being themselves a product of these processes. (Author/MM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Epistemology, Learning Strategies

Conceptual Change.

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Ram, Ashwin, Ed.; Nersessian, Nancy J., Ed.; Keil, Frank C., Ed. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 1997

This special issue includes four articles that address issues concerning conceptual change. Topics include analogical reasoning and a case study of Johannes Kepler; conceptual change and wine expertise; the role of extreme case reasoning in instruction for conceptual change; and dynamic science assessment: a new approach for investigating…

Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Concept Formation, Instructional Design