The Cognitive Complexity of Learning and Doing Arithmetic.

Ohlsson, Stellan; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ456390

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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The Cognitive Complexity of Learning and Doing Arithmetic.

Ohlsson, Stellan; And Others

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v23 n5 p441-67 Nov 1992

Proposes a theory of cognitive processes in doing and learning place value arithmetic. Discusses a computer model that simulates the learning of multicolumn subtraction under one-on-one tutoring to measure the relative difficulty of two methods of subtraction. The model predicts that regrouping is more difficult to learn than an alternative method. (27 references) (Author/MDH)

Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Computer Simulation, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Memory, Models, Place Value, Schemata (Cognition), Subtraction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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Note: See pages 468-73 for Schoenfeld's reaction to this article. See pages 474-82 for Ohlsson's response to Schoenfeld's reaction.