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Peer reviewedWistedt, Inger; Martinsson, Mats – Learning and Instruction, 1996
A study of interactions among Swedish intermediate-grade students as they solved a nonstandard mathematics task confronting the phenomenon of infinity shows that the children can reach a considerable understanding of the problem by contextualizing the problem in different ways. The collective orchestration of problem variations results in enhanced…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Comprehension, Cooperative Learning
