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ERIC Number: EJ545205
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0228-0671
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Inventions and Conventions: A Story about Capital Numbers.
Brizuela, Barbara
For the Learning of Mathematics, v17 n1 p2-6 Feb 1997
Argues that inventions are of the utmost importance in knowledge development, and that conventions play an important role in inventions by providing support for their development. This position borrows from Piaget's perspective regarding figurative and operative aspects of thought. Contains 22 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Interviews, Inventions, Knowledge Representation, Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Preschool Education, Prior Learning
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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