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Suthisung, Nisara – Journal of Education and Learning, 2014
The distinction between procedural and conceptual learning has long been a topic of discussion in mathematics education and the idea of compression into thinkable concepts that enable the individual make links between them (Tall, 2007). In addition to, the compression to thinkable concept was to be thinking mechanism arising naturally and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
Furth, Hans G.; And Others – Develop Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Logic
Scandura, Joseph M. – 1974
In a study of mathematics learning, taking a rule-oriented approach, students were taught to trade objects of type A for objects of types B and C. Children ranging from ages 7 to 9 were given rules for converting A to B and B to C and were then presented with the task of converting A to C. Of the 30, 6 succeeded. Of the 24 who failed, half were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Deduction
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Sutherland, Rosamund; Rojano, Teresa – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
This longitudinal study investigated the ways in which two groups of eight students used spreadsheets to represent and solve algebra problems and related this to their previous arithmetical experiences and evolving use of symbolic language. The spreadsheet environment supported students to move from specific to general thinking. Includes story…
Descriptors: Algebra, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation