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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Brousseau, Guy; Brousseau, Nadine; Warfield, Virginia – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2009
In the late seventies, Guy Brousseau set himself the goal of verifying experimentally a theory he had been building up for a number of years. The theory, consistent with what was later named (nonradical) constructivism, was that children, in suitable carefully arranged circumstances, can build their own knowledge of mathematics. The experiment,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Arithmetic, Problem Solving, Mathematical Concepts
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Brousseau, Guy; Brousseau, Nadine; Warfield, Virginia – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2008
In the late seventies, Guy Brousseau set himself the goal of verifying experimentally a theory he had been building up for a number of years. The theory, consistent with what was later named (non-radical) constructivism, was that children, in suitable carefully arranged circumstances, can build their own knowledge of mathematics. The experiment,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Brousseau, Guy; Brousseau, Nadine; Warfield, Virginia – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2007
In the late seventies, Guy Brousseau set himself the goal of verifying experimentally a theory he had been building up for a number of years. The theory, consistent with what was later named (non-radical) constructivism, was that children, in suitable carefully arranged circumstances, can build their own knowledge of mathematics. The experiment,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), National Programs, Arithmetic, Mathematics Curriculum