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Wheatley, Grayson H. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1998
Describes three activities of imaging, including constructing an image, representation-presenting the image, and transforming the image. Discusses a link between imaging and number sense, teaching students to image, and assessing imaging. Contains 25 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Spatial Ability
Alson, Pedro – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Presents a device for sketching the graph of the composite and inverse of single variable real-valued functions. Discusses some didactic methods of paths. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Functions (Mathematics), Graphs, Mathematical Concepts
Bishop, Alan J. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Reviews visualization research concerning the objects of visualization, the visualization process, and visualization in educational situations. Teaching procedures, the role of material and the social environment, and how the individual interacts with that environment are described. (YP)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Clements, M. A.; Del Campo, Gina – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Investigates children's cognitive structures with respect to concepts one-half, one-quarter, and one-third as these apply to continuous circular and triangular regions. Examines the effect of an intervention program with 21 children in grades three through six. (YP)
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Fractions, Geometric Concepts
Vinner, Shlomo – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Investigates the extent to which visual considerations in calculus can be taught and be a natural part of college students' mathematical thinking. Recommends that the legitimacy of the visual approach in proofs and problem solving should be emphasized and that the visual interpretations of algebraic notions should be taught. (YP)
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Graphs, Mathematical Concepts
Vinner, Shlomo; Kopelman, Evgeny – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1998
Discusses students' use of visual considerations in doing geometrical proofs. Studies ninth-grade students (n=17) in an academically-selective high school in Jerusalem. Concludes that only three out of 16 students who turned in their papers chose symmetry considerations when working on a proof. Contains 16 references. (ASK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geometry, Grade 9, High Schools
Eisenberg, Theodore; Dreyfus, Tommy – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Two authors introduce the topic of visualization in mathematics education. Fourteen articles are briefly described. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education
Lowenthal, Francis; Vandeputte, Christiane – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Introduces an introductory module for analysis. Describes stock of basic functions and their graphs as part one and three methods as part two: transformations of simple graphs, the sum of stock functions, and upper and lower bounds. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Equations (Mathematics), Foreign Countries, Functions (Mathematics)
Kaput, James J. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Describes environments for concretely enacting multiplication and division. Discusses difficulties occurring when students use one of the concrete environments to model situations involving modified environments. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Division, Elementary School Mathematics
Konvisser, Marc – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Discusses a technique for graphically composing functions. Describes three-step composition procedures in two- and three-dimensional rectangular coordinate systems. Provides three examples. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, Functions (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment
Harel, Guershon – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Describes learning difficulties students may have with the basic notions of linear algebra and three phases of abstraction. Discusses results of a program based on the abstraction process. (YP)
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education
Janvier, Claude; Garancon, Maurice – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Shows that graphs can reveal much about feedback systems that formula conceal, especially as microcomputers can provide complex graphs presented as animations and allow students to interact easily with them. Describes feedback systems, evolution of the system, and phase diagram. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Diagrams, Feedback
Presmeg, Norma C. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Deals with the issue of visualization as it is related to the learning of mathematics in multicultural classrooms. Discusses the importance and the role of visualization in multicultural classrooms. (YP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Elementary School Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Foreign Countries