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Direct linkMarkle, Josh – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2022
Tentativeness is often framed as a deficit, synonymous with timidity or a lack of confidence. In this article, I situate the notion of tentativeness in an enactivist framework and describe its role as both a strategy and affordance in a spatial visualization exercise. Drawing on insights from mathematics education and ecological psychology, I…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Visualization, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedCruz, Ines; Febles, Maria; Diaz, Jose – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2000
Presents a case study that aimed to obtain information on students' mathematical comprehension levels and on whether students may or may not make use of visualization processes in solving mathematical problems. Discovers students' beliefs about teaching and learning processes in general, and mathematics in particular. (Contains 25 references.)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education, Spatial Ability
Peer reviewedPotari, Despina; Spiliotopoulou, Vasiliki – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1992
Reports a study designed to identify 9 and 11 year olds' ways of drawing nets of solids and to provide opportunities for them to reflect on their models in whole class discussions. Results indicated that children's views of solids' nets progressed from more global and holistic to more quantitative and analytic. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
