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Doerr, Helen M.; English, Lyn D. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2003
Discusses the nature of tasks used to elicit the development of such systems by middle school students. Analyzes mathematical reasoning development of students across tasks and the diversity of thinking patterns identified on problem tasks. Discusses student reasoning about the relationships between and among quantities and their application in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Mathematical Models
Corwin, Rebecca B.; And Others – 1991
"Seeing Fractions" is an instructional unit for teachers in California that was trial tested in about 30 classrooms, grades 4 through 6 with diverse student populations, and designed to help students become aware of the variety of ways in which fractions are commonly used. The Introduction includes an overview of fractions and what…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Elementary School Mathematics
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) The Affective Views of Primary School Children (Peter Grootenboer); (2) Theoretical Model of Analysis of Rate Problems in Algebra (Jose Guzman, Nadine Bednarz and Fernando Hitt); (3) Locating Fractions on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Education, Validity