When the Problem Is Not the Question and the Solution Is Not the Answer: Mathematical Knowing and Teaching.

Lampert, Magdalene

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Publication Date: 1990

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When the Problem Is Not the Question and the Solution Is Not the Answer: Mathematical Knowing and Teaching.

Lampert, Magdalene

American Educational Research Journal, v27 n1 p29-63 Spr 1990

Bringing the practice of knowing mathematics in school closer to knowing mathematics within the discipline was studied with 18 fifth graders. Student activities in asserting and examining hypotheses were contrasted with conventional school mathematics activities. (SLD)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Research and Development, Student Attitudes

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