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Peer reviewedPirie, Susan; Kieren, Thomas – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Proposes a model for the growth of mathematical understanding based on the consideration of understanding as a whole, dynamic, leveled but nonlinear process. Illustrates the model using the concept of fractions. How to map the growth of understanding is explained in detail. (Contains 26 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions
