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The Autonomy of Mental Models.

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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

Intuition and Logic.

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Otte, Michael – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990

Compared and contrasted are the concepts intuition and logic. The ideas of conceptual thought and algorithmic thought are discussed in terms of the world as a labyrinth, intuition and time, and the structure of knowledge. (KR)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes