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ERIC Number: EJ326102
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Introduction: Situationally Specific Practice.
Lave, Jean
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v16 n3 p171-76 Fall 1985
Introduces a collection of papers presented at a symposium on the situationally-specific character of problem-solving practices. Reports that findings provoke speculation about relations among social contexts, knowledge and activity, and relations between school-learned problem-solving techniques and those used in other settings. (KH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Style, Computation, Context Effect, Convergent Thinking, Cultural Context, Daily Living Skills, Educational Anthropology, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Applications, Mental Computation, Problem Solving, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special theme issue with title "The Social Organization of Knowledge and Practice: A Symposium."