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Star, Jon R. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2005
In this article, I argue for a renewed focus in mathematics education research on procedural knowledge. I make three main points: (1) The development of students' procedural knowledge has not received a great deal of attention in recent research; (2) one possible explanation for this deficiency is that current characterizations of conceptual and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Concept Formation, Scientific Methodology, Sequential Learning