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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
Peer reviewedOtte, Michael – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1990
Compared and contrasted are the concepts intuition and logic. The ideas of conceptual thought and algorithmic thought are discussed in terms of the world as a labyrinth, intuition and time, and the structure of knowledge. (KR)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
