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Peer reviewedSingh, Parmjit – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2000
Investigates the concepts of ratio and proportion constructed by grade 9 students by investigating their proportional reasoning schemes and procedures on three types of tasks: missing value, numerical comparison, and qualitative reasoning. Indicates that students frequently used additive reasoning--that is, a comparison of two numbers by…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Direct linkIdros, Sharifah Norhaidah Syed – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2004
Science is at heart a rational activity. Reasoning, being an important component of critical thinking has been successfully taught using Socratic methods. As an approach, the instructor or designer of instruction models an inquiring and probing mind focusing on providing questions and not answers. The main aim has been to allow learners to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Problem Solving, Genetics, Learning Processes
