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Psychodynamics of Mathematics Texts.
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Mordant, Ian – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1993
Discusses the concept of symmetrisation--the mental process in which individuals are not able to distinguish separate entities--in relation to students freezing before a mathematics problem. Examines whether the development of the concepts of fraction and equation in two mathematics textbooks addresses the problem of symmetrisation. (MDH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Equations (Mathematics)