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Bishop, Alan J. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Reviews visualization research concerning the objects of visualization, the visualization process, and visualization in educational situations. Teaching procedures, the role of material and the social environment, and how the individual interacts with that environment are described. (YP)
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Eisenberg, Theodore; Dreyfus, Tommy – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Two authors introduce the topic of visualization in mathematics education. Fourteen articles are briefly described. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education
Hershkowitz, Rina – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Examines the role of visualization within the process of geometrical concept attainment for students in grades five through eight, preservice elementary teachers, and inservice senior elementary teachers. Investigates the "bitrian" and "biquad" examples, numbers of critical attributes, elements in triangles, judgment in quadrilateral examples, and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
Presmeg, Norma C. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Deals with the issue of visualization as it is related to the learning of mathematics in multicultural classrooms. Discusses the importance and the role of visualization in multicultural classrooms. (YP)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Elementary School Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Foreign Countries
