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Reducing Abstraction: The Case of School Mathematics
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Hazzan, Orit; Zazkis, Rina – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2005
There is a growing interest in the mathematics education community in the notion of abstraction and its significance in the learning of mathematics. "Reducing abstraction" is a theoretical framework that examines learners' behavior in terms of coping with abstraction level. It refers to situations in which learners are unable to manipulate…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Abstract Reasoning, Mathematical Concepts