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Schmittau, Jean – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Describes the case of a woman who experienced disparity in mathematics classrooms between learning (which for her was necessarily relational) and its validation by a system that did not ratify meaningful learning but instead rewarded the behavioral products of rote or instrumental learning. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Females, Higher Education
