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Palatnik, Alik; Koichu, Boris – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2015
The paper presents and analyses a sequence of events that preceded an insight solution to a challenging problem in the context of numerical sequences. A three­week long solution process by a pair of ninth­-grade students is analysed by means of the theory of shifts of attention. The goal for this article is to reveal the potential of this theory…
Descriptors: Attention, Grade 9, Attention Control, Educational Theories
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DeLeo, Gary; Weidenhammer, Amanda; Wecht, Kristen – Science Teacher, 2012
In this technological age, digital devices are conspicuous examples of extraordinary complexity. When a user clicks on computer icons or presses calculator buttons, these devices channel electricity through a complex system of decision-making circuits. Yet, in spite of this remarkable complexity, the hearts of these devices are components that…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Number Systems, Computers, Computer Uses in Education