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Anthony, Glenda – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1996
Case studies of two students detail contrasting passive and active learning behaviors. Examples of strategic learning behaviors illustrate that having students involved in activities such as discussions, question answering, and seatwork problems does not automatically guarantee successful knowledge construction. The nature of a student's…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change
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Moschkovich, Judit N. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
This case study uses a sociocultural perspective and the concept of appropriation (Newman, Griffin and Cole, 1989; Rogoff, 1990) to describe how a student learned to work with linear functions. The analysis describes in detail the impact that interaction with a tutor had on a learner, how the learner appropriated goals, actions, perspectives, and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Tutoring, Case Studies, Equations (Mathematics)