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Peer reviewedTennyson, Robert D.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
Results from the data analysis show that children learn mathematical concepts for clear cases, and that an analysis of attributes common to examples of a given concept is not a prerequisite to concept formation. The protocol findings provide information as to why this may be happening. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Generalization
