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West, John – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2018
The importance of mathematical reasoning is unquestioned and providing opportunities for students to become involved in mathematical reasoning is paramount. The open-ended tasks presented incorporate mathematical content explored through the contexts of problem solving and reasoning. This article presents a number of simple tasks that may be…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Problem Solving, Fractions
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Robotti, Elisabetta – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
In the field of human cognition, language plays a special role that is connected directly to thinking and mental development (e.g., Vygotsky, "1938"). Thanks to "verbal thought", language allows humans to go beyond the limits of immediately perceived information, to form concepts and solve complex problems (Luria, "1975"). So, it appears language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Plane Geometry, Researchers, Natural Language Processing
Gardner, Martin – Scientific American, 1979
Discusses some theorems and properties of figures produced when circles are tangent to one another. (GA)
Descriptors: Game Theory, Games, Mathematics, Models