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ERIC Number: EJ569585
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Building Student Capacity for Mathematical Thinking and Reasoning: An Analysis of Mathematical Tasks Used in Reform Classrooms.
Stein, Mary Kay; Grover, Barbara W.; Henningsen, Majorie
American Educational Research Journal, v33 n2 p455-88 Sum 1996
A sample of 144 mathematical tasks used during reform-oriented teaching was analyzed in terms of task features and cognitive demands. The ways cognitive demands of high-level tasks declined and factors associated with task changes were explored. Teachers used tasks that led to the development of students' thinking capacities. (MAK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Difficulty Level, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Aptitude, Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, 1995). Supported by Grant Number 890-0572 from the Ford Foundation for the QUASAR Project.