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Adams, Thomasenia Lott – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1997
Presents a study designed to explore whether a student's use of the graphing calculator during instruction will affect their concept of function, how students' participation in a conceptual change assignment affects their concept of function, and how the graphing calculator and the conceptual change assignment interact with one another to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Curriculum, Concept Formation, Functions (Mathematics)
Behr, Merlyn; Harel, Guershon – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1990
Discussed are some situations students face that result in cognitive conflict, possible sources of these conflicts, and strategies which students use to resolve, remove, or circumvent them. A global account for observed systematic errors is offered based on a general problem-solving rule called the "Matching Rule." (KR)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Structures
Bradley, Carol A. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1990
Explored were the relationships among students' mathematics language facility, procedural mathematics knowledge, and understanding and application of mathematics concepts. Findings indicate that students needed both procedural knowledge and language facility in mathematics for an acceptable level of conceptual achievement. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Computational Linguistics, Grade 7
