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ERIC Number: EJ524959
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
The Developmental Role of Intuitive Principles in Choosing Mathematical Strategies.
Dixon, James A.; Moore, Colleen F.
Developmental Psychology, v32 n2 p241-53 Mar 1996
Investigated relation between development of understanding principles that govern a problem and of mathematical strategies used to solve it. Subjects were college students and 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th graders. The pattern of estimated answers provided a measure of intuitive understanding of task principles. Understanding an intuitive principle was necessary but insufficient to generate a math strategy consistent with it. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Aptitude, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Estimation; Intuition (Mathematics); Strategy Choice