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ERIC Number: EJ413756
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Mathematical Performance: What's in It for Developmental Educators?
Garofalo, Joe
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v2 n1 p24-27,30-33 1985
Points out that successful mathematical performance depends not only on declarative and procedural content knowledge, but also upon mathematical thinking skills such as problem-schema knowledge, decision-making skills, and metacognitive knowledge. Argues that the growing need for remediation should influence schools' traditional overemphasis on math content knowledge. (PAA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Problems, Educational Needs, Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Teachers, Metacognition, Remedial Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Note: For a related article by the same author, see volume 2, number 2, 1986.