Using Students' Mathematical Inventiveness as a Foundation for Software Design: Toward a Tempered Constructivism.

Dugdale, Sharon

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ERIC Number: EJ483761

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Using Students' Mathematical Inventiveness as a Foundation for Software Design: Toward a Tempered Constructivism.

Dugdale, Sharon

Educational Technology, Research and Development, v42 n1 p57-73 1994

Analyzes the construction of mathematical concepts and techniques developed by high school algebra students in computer-assisted instruction; examines learning styles of the most inventive students; and discusses the use of student-generated mathematical techniques in the development of new software intended to cultivate mathematical inventiveness in more students. (Contains 16 references.) (LRW)

Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Constructivism (Learning), Courseware, Creativity, High Schools, Learning Processes, Mathematical Concepts, Secondary School Mathematics, Student Developed Materials

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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