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Download full textGreeno, James G.; And Others – Cognitive Psychology, 1984
A framework is presented for characterizing competence for cognitive tasks, with a detailed hypothesis about competence for counting by typical 5-year-old children. It is proposed that competence has three main components that are called conceptual, procedural, and utilizational competence. Conceptual competence, which is discussed in greatest…
Descriptors: Competence, Comprehension, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics
