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Peer reviewedBrown, Tony – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Considers radical constructivism in light of poststructuralism and hermeneutic phenomenology and shows how this forces a reassertion of the teacher's role in the student's constructing of mathematical knowledge. (48 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Hermeneutics
Peer reviewedMoore, Robert C. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Observations and interviews with (n=16) undergraduate mathematics and mathematics education majors learning to do formal mathematical proofs found three major sources of students' difficulties: concept understanding, mathematical language and notation, and getting started on a proof. (25 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Concept Formation, Education Majors, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFischbein, Efraim; And Others – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
To investigate the origins and nature of intuitive obstacles affecting the learning of elementary probability theory, 618 Italian elementary and middle school students were interviewed about their methods of solution for several problems dealing with probability. The discussion focuses on four varieties of obstacles to learning prevalent within…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Comprehension, Concept Formation
