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ERIC Number: EJ532959
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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Symbolizing as a Constructive Activity in a Computer Microworld.
Steffe, Leslie P.; Olive, John
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v14 n2 p113-38 1996
Describes how 2 10-year olds developed drawings and numeral systems to symbolize their mental operations while dividing unit bars into thirds and fourths using TIMA: Bars, a computer microworld, as a medium for enacting mathematical actions. The symbolic nature of their partitioning operations was crucial in establishing more conventional mathematical symbols. (PEN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Media, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Microworlds, Number Systems, Symbols (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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