ERIC Number: EJ418986
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Publication Date: 1990
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Inconsistencies and Cognitive Conflict: A Constructivist View.
Steffe, Leslie P.
Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, v12 n3-4 p99-109 Sum-Fall 1990
Discussed are inconsistencies and cognitive conflict with respect to current mathematical knowledge of students and how that knowledge might be modified is discussed. The inconsistencies that students generate for themselves and those produced by the teacher are described. (KR)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance, Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Misconceptions, Secondary School Mathematics, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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