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Download full textSteffe, Leslie P. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
Starting with Woodworth and Thorndike's classical experiment published in 1901, major periods in mathematics education throughout 20th century and on into the current century are reviewed in terms of competing epistemological and psychological paradigms that were operating within as well as across the major periods. The periods were marked by…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Psychology, Educational History, Educational Research
Peer reviewedSteffe, Leslie P.; Wiegel, Heide G. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Describes studies of children involved in cognitive play activities using discrete and continuous computer microworlds and their transformation of these activities into independent mathematical activity. (Contains 22 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSteffe, Leslie P.; Olive, John – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 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…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Media
