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Cognitive Science Foundations of Integer Understanding and Instruction
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Varma, Sashank; Blair, Kristen P.; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2019
This chapter considers psychological and neuroscience research on how people understand the integers, and how educators can foster this understanding. The core proposal is that new, abstract mathematical concepts are built upon known, concrete mathematical concepts. For the integers, the relevant foundation is the natural numbers, which are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Science, Mathematical Concepts, Numbers, Psychological Patterns