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Peer reviewedWilensky, Uri – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1997
Presents two case studies of learners attempting to understand the concept of normal distribution, specifically why physical phenomena such as height fall into normal distributions. Draws conclusions about a Connected Mathematics learning environment that enables confrontation with epistemological anxiety and the features of modeling languages…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Processes, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Models
