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Boyce, Steven – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
In this proposal, I introduce a method for modeling the dynamics of a sixth-grade student's accommodation of his fractions scheme to include a disembedding operation (Steffe & Olive, 2010). I will describe a three-part approach consisting of a constructivist teaching experiment, retrospective analysis, and stochastic modeling of the student's…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Treagust, David F.; Lunetta, Vincent N. – 1977
This document reviews the use of mathematical models of learning for research in the learning of science concepts. Three mathematical models for the representation of concept learning are presented. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Learning
Hotchkiss, Lawrence – 1979
This document was prepared in connection with a three-year longitudinal study of career expectations of high school students conducted to explain scientifically the process by which youth form career expectations, e.g., educational, occupational, and income expectations. Divided into six chapters, this document contains a theoretical rationale for…
Descriptors: Career Development, Concept Formation, Decision Making, Educational Research