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Capturing Middle School Students' Understanding of the Concept of Area Using Vygotsky's Concept Formation Theory
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Zhang, Pingping; Manouchehri, Azita; Tague, Jenna – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2013
Incorporating Vygotsky's concept formation theory and Berger's appropriation theory, an assessment which highlights authentic operations with the concept of area was designed and administered to 44 sixth grade students to determine what types of understanding they maintained. The results indicated the more novel the situation, the more diverse…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Knowledge Level, Concept Formation, Geometric Concepts