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Backward Transfer: An Investigation of the Influence of Quadratic Functions Instruction on Students' Prior Ways of Reasoning about Linear Functions
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Hohensee, Charles – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
The transfer of learning has been the subject of much scientific inquiry in the social sciences. However, mathematics education research has given little attention to a subclass called backward transfer, which is when learning about new concepts influences learners' ways of reasoning about previously encountered concepts. This study examined when…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Prior Learning