Students' Combinatorial Strategies.

Watson, Rex

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Publication Date: 1996

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Students' Combinatorial Strategies.

Watson, Rex

Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, v15 n1 p27-32 Mar 1996

Reports on (n=11) student attempts at 3 combinatorial questions focusing mainly on 3 aspects of strategy: (1) listing; (2) subdivision into cases; and (3) use or misuse of 4 standard formulas. (MKR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students

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Language: English

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