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Simon, Martin A.; Placa, Nicora; Avitzur, Arnon – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2014
Tzur and Simon (2004) postulated two stages of concept development, participatory and anticipatory. The distinction between the two stages was exemplified by what they termed "the next-day phenomenon" in which learners who could solve a task one day in the context of the activity through which they made the abstraction, could not solve…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods
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Mendiburo, Maria; Williams, Laura; Henson, Robert; Hasselbring, Ted – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
The fact that research has shown that fractions are among the most difficult mathematical concepts for elementary school students to master (Behr, Harel, Post, & Lesh, 1992; Bezuk & Cramer, 1989; Moss & Case, 1999) provides a compelling motivation for research and innovation focused on improving the available assessment and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Instruction, Fractions, Intervention