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Dawkins, Paul Christian – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2012
Weber and Alcock's (2004, 2009) syntactic/semantic framework provides a useful means of delineating two basic categories of proof-oriented activity. They define their dichotomy using Goldin's (1998) theory of representation systems. In this paper, I intend to clarify the framework by providing criteria for classifying student reasoning into…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Models, Mathematical Logic
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Fischbein, Efraim; And Others – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
Described is research which sought to prove the hypothesis that mental models tend to preserve their autonomy with regard to the originals they are meant to represent. The results of this investigation involving 200 Israeli students are presented. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Geometry, Learning Processes