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Steffe, Leslie P. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
Starting with Woodworth and Thorndike's classical experiment published in 1901, major periods in mathematics education throughout 20th century and on into the current century are reviewed in terms of competing epistemological and psychological paradigms that were operating within as well as across the major periods. The periods were marked by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Psychology, Educational History, Educational Research
Inoue, Yukiko – 1998
Cognitive psychology has replaced behaviorism as the dominant school of thought in American psychology regarding learning and development. This paper investigates changes in the field that have led to this major shift. The different methods used by behaviorists and human information processing (HIP) psychology are described. The metaphor of the…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology