Abstraction in Mathematics: Conflict, Resolution and Application.

Mitchelmore, Michael C.; White, Paul

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ERIC Number: EJ516825

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Publication Date: 1995

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Abstraction in Mathematics: Conflict, Resolution and Application.

Mitchelmore, Michael C.; White, Paul

Mathematics Education Research Journal, v7 n1 p50-68 Apr 1995

Discusses two meanings of abstract: abstract-apart, ideas removed from reality; and abstract-general, ideas general to a wide variety of contexts. Suggests that greater interest in abstraction as a process, instead of just a product, would be beneficial to mathematics education theory and practice. (48 references) (MKR)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Semantics

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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