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Wilkie, Karina J. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
Algebra has been explicit in many school curriculum programs from the early years but there are competing views on what content and approaches are appropriate for different levels of schooling. This study investigated 12-13-year-old Australian students' algebraic thinking in a hybrid environment of functional and equation-based approaches to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Greeno, James G.; And Others – 1986
Research in this project studied cognitive processes involved in understanding and solving problems used in instruction in the domain of mathematics, and explored implications of these cognitive analyses for the design of instruction. Three general issues were addressed: knowledge required for understanding problems, knowledge of the conditions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Convergent Thinking