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Exploring the Origins, Uses, and Interactions of Student Intuitions: Comparing the Lengths of Paths.
Peer reviewedChiu, Ming Ming – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1996
Sixteen middle school students ranked the lengths of various paths in problem-solving interviews. Every student invoked at least one of four intuitions that originated from their everyday experiences: compression, detour, complexity, and straightness. Students continued to use their inadequate intuitions in the posttest before applying learned…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Interviews, Intuition, Junior High Schools
