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Symbolizing as a Constructive Activity in a Computer Microworld.
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Steffe, Leslie P.; Olive, John – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1996
Describes how 2 10-year olds developed drawings and numeral systems to symbolize their mental operations while dividing unit bars into thirds and fourths using TIMA: Bars, a computer microworld, as a medium for enacting mathematical actions. The symbolic nature of their partitioning operations was crucial in establishing more conventional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Media