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Direct linkWestwood, Peter – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2011
This viewpoint paper presents the writer's opinion that while the use of problem solving as the core method for learning mathematics is valid and reasonable in secondary schools (where students generally possess the necessary prior skills and strategies) there are many obstacles to applying the same method in primary schools, particularly in the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Problems, Numeracy, Problem Based Learning
Structuring an Adult Learning Environment. Part IV: Establishing an Environment for Problem Solving.
Frankel, Alan; Brennan, James – 1983
Through the years, many researchers have advanced theories of problem solving. Probably the best definition of problem solving to apply to adult learning programs is Wallas' (1926) four-stage theory. The stages are (1) a preparation, (2) an incubation period, (3) a moment of illumination, and (4) final application or verification of the solution.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Discovery Processes
Peer reviewedMaree, J. G. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article recommends a holistic approach to student problems in mathematics. Teachers need to be aware of all paradigms (e.g., developmental, behaviorist, psychoanalytic) explaining causes of problems in mathematics. Examples of misunderstandings resulting from insufficient knowledge, insufficient mathematical vocabulary, and overgeneralization…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns, Etiology
Peer reviewedHiebert, James – Education and Urban Society, 1985
Many elementary and junior high school students do not become proficient with common and decimal fractions because they have established few connections between the form they learn in the classroom and understandings they already have. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Decimal Fractions, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedFreudenthal, Hans – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1981
Problems in mathematics education as a social activity are the major focus of this document. Paragraphs that describe major problems in mathematics education point out at least eleven major issues as seen from the author's perspective. (MP)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedBrimberry, Alice C. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1996
Discusses how study teams at one Texas elementary school function in helping the individual student, and provides an evaluation of this approach based on three examples: (1) the case study team; (2) the reading study team; and (3) the quality of life team. Lessons learned from this approach are explored. (GR)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedReif, Frederick; Larkin, Jill H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
Scientific and everyday knowledge domains are compared so as to reveal the distinctive differences between their goals and the cognitive processes used to attain them. The main goals, working goals, learning difficulties, knowledge structure, concept specification, knowledge organization, role of school science, program-solving instruction, formal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Epistemology, Higher Education
Bauersfeld, Heinrich; And Others – 1983
This set of five papers, written in German with abstracts in English, was collected by the Institut fuer Didaktit der Mathematik (Institute for the Teaching of Mathematics) at the University of Bielefeld in West Germany. In the first paper, Bauersfeld considers domains of subjective experiences as the best issue for an interactive theory of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Communication Skills, Educational Research
