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ERIC Number: EJ597945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
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Knowledge Construction and Diverging Thinking in Elementary and Advanced Mathematics.
Gray, Eddie; Pinto, Marcia; Pitta, Demetra; Tall, David
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v38 n1-3 p111-33 1999
Considers the cognitive mechanisms available to individuals which enable them to operate successfully in different parts of the mathematics curriculum, such as children's arithmetic shows divergence in performance. Explains how students cope with the transition to advanced mathematical thinking in different ways, leading once more to a diverging spectrum of success. (Contains 45 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Representation, Mathematics Education, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Forms of Mathematical Knowledge: Learning and Teaching with Understanding.