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Download full textJirotkova, Darina; Littler, Graham – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
School students' intuitive concepts of infinity are gained from personal experiences and in many cases the tacit models built up by them are inconsistent. The paper describes and analyses a series of tasks which were developed to enable the researchers to look into the mental processes used by students when they are thinking about infinity and to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematical Concepts, Models, Preadolescents
