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Direct linkJunius, Premalatha – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2008
The focus of the article is on the complex cognitive process involved in learning the concept of "straightness" in Non-Euclidean geometry. Learning new material is viewed through a conflict resolution framework, as a student questions familiar assumptions understood in Euclidean geometry. A case study reveals how mathematization of the straight…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Case Studies
