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Direct linkLeron, Uri; Ejersbo, Lisser Rye – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2021
Research in psychology and in mathematics education has documented the ubiquity of "intuition traps" -- tasks that elicit non-normative responses from most people. Researchers in cognitive psychology often view these responses negatively, as a sign of irrational behaviour. Others, notably mathematics educators, view them as necessary…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Intuition, Teaching Methods, Error Patterns
