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Sierpinska, Anna – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Presented is a report on four 45-minute sessions with a group of 17-year-old students in Poland. Sessions were the first of a series organized with aim of exploring the possibilities of elaborating didactical situations that would help students overcome epistemological obstacles related to limits. Students' attitudes pertinent to the development…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Epistemology, Functions (Mathematics), Mathematical Logic
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Confrey, Jere; Smith, Erick – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1995
Presents a covariation approach to learning exponential and logarithmic functions based on a primitive multiplicative operation labeled splitting that is not repeated addition. Suggests that students need the opportunity to build a number system from splitting structures and their geometric forms. (30 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Exponents (Mathematics), Functions (Mathematics), Learning Theories
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Rubenstein, Rheta N.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Proposes angle sense as a fundamental connector between mathematical concepts for middle grade students. Introduces the use of pattern blocks and a goniometer, a tool to measure angles, to help students develop angle sense. Discusses connections between angle measurement and the concepts of rational numbers, circles, area, number theory,…
Descriptors: Area, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Functions (Mathematics)