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Direct linkDixon, James A.; Bangert, Ashley S. – Cognitive Science, 2004
People spontaneously discover new representations during problem solving. Discovery of a mathematical representation is of special interest, because it shows that the underlying structure of the problem has been extracted. In the current study, participants solved gear-system problems as part of a game. Although none of the participants initially…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics, Mathematical Aptitude, Mathematics Skills
