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John-Steiner, Vera – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Discusses the transformation of women and mathematics and the papers contained in this special issue. Questions whether women are changed by mathematics or if mathematics can and is being changed by them. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Higher Education
Schmittau, Jean – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Describes the case of a woman who experienced disparity in mathematics classrooms between learning (which for her was necessarily relational) and its validation by a system that did not ratify meaningful learning but instead rewarded the behavioral products of rote or instrumental learning. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Females, Higher Education
Damarin, Suzanne K. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Explores the interaction of gender, sex-typed toys, and the construction of the mathematical topic of fractions as it is taught in schools. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Females
