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ERIC Number: EJ434842
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Components of Understanding in Proportional Reasoning: A Fuzzy Set Representation of Developmental Progressions.
Moore, Colleen F.; And Others
Child Development, v62 n3 p441-59 Jun 1991
Examined the development of proportional reasoning by means of a temperature mixture task. Results show the importance of distinguishing between intuitive knowledge and formal computational knowledge of proportional concepts. Provides a new perspective on the relation of intuitive and computational knowledge during development. (GLR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, College Students, Computation, Developmental Psychology, Elementary School Students, Estimation (Mathematics), Individual Development, Intuition, Prediction, Problem Solving, Temperature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Formal Computational Knowledge; Fuzzy Set Theory; Intuitive Knowledge; Proportional Reasoning