ERIC Number: ED413164
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Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 402
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Proceedings of the Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (15th, Assisi, Italy, June 29-July 4, 1991), Volume 3.
Furinghetti, Fulvia, Ed.
Research reports from the annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education include: "La construcion algorithmique: niveaux ou stades?" (Mesquita); "For Establishing the Generality of Conjectures" (Miyazaki); "Teachers' Attitudes Towards Mathematics and Mathematics Teaching: Perspectives across Two Countries" (Moreira); "World Problems--the Construction of Multiplicative Structures" (Morgado); "Reconstruction of Mathematics Education: Teachers' Perceptions of and Attitudes to Change" (Mousley); "The Falsifiability Criterion and Refutation by Mathematical Induction" (Movshovitz-Hadar); "Young Children's Division Strategies" (Murray; Olivier; Human); "'It Makes Sense if You Think about How the Graphs Work. But in Reality...'" (Nemirovsky; Rubin); "Two-Step Problems--Research Findings" (Nesher; Hershkovitz); "Early Conceptions of Division. A Phenomenographic Approach" (Neuman); "Can Epistemological Pluralism make Mathematics Education More Inclusive?" (Neville); "The Pupil as Teacher: Analysis of Peer Discussions, in Mathematics Classes, between 12-Year-old Pupils and the Effects of Their Learning" (Newman; Pirie); "Teacher Attitudes and Interactions in Computational Environments" (Noss; Hoyles); "Children's Understanding of Measurement" (Nunes; Light; Mason); "A 3-Dimension Conceptual Space of Transformations for the Study of Intuition of Infinity in Plane Geometry" (Nunez); "The Status of Children's Construction of Relationships" (O'Brien); "Intra-Individual Differences in Fractions Arithmetic" (Ohlsson; Bee);"Construction of Procedures for Solving Multiplicative Problems" (Orozco; Hormaza); "Transfer in Learning 3D Reference System: From Interaction "Pupils as Expert System Developers" (Osta); "Levels of Knowledge about Signed Numbers: Effects of Age and Ability" (Peled); "Representations du probleme de mathematiques chez des enfants de 7 a 10 ans" (Perrin-Glorian); "Teaching as Meta-Communication" (Pimm); "Folding Back: Dynamics in the Growth of Mathematical Understanding" (Pire; Kieren); "Enseigner les mathematiques en premiere annee secondaire apres l'evaluation nationale francaise" (Pluvinage; Rauscher; Dupuis); "Etude des modeles implicites mis en ouvre par les enfants lors de la resolution de problemes complexes mettant en jeu une reconstruction d'une transformation arithmetique" (Poirier; Bednarz); "Classroom Aspects which Influence Use of Visual Imagery in High School Mathematics" (Presmeg); "Computer Activities in Mathematical Problem Solving with 11-14 Years Old Students: the Conditional Structure Learning" (Reggiani); "Symbolising and Solving Algebra Word Problems: the Potential of a Spreadsheet Environment" (Rojano; Sutherland); "Damien: a Case Study of a Reorganization of His Number Sequence to Generate Fractional Schemes" (Saenz-Ludlow); "The Use of Language in the Context of School Mathematics" (Sakonidis; Bliss); "Emergent Goals in Everyday Practices: Studies in Children's Mathematics" (Saxe); "Teachers' and Students' Beliefs and Opinions about the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Grade 4 in British Columbia" (Schroeder); "Problem Solving and Thinking: Constructivist Research" (Schultz); "Assessment of Thoughts Processes with Mathematical Software" (Schwarz; Dreyfus); "Spontaneous Strategies for Visually Presented Linear Programming Problems" (Shama; Dreyfus); "Initial Development of Prospective Elementary Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics Pedagogy" (Simon); "The Effects on Students' Problem Solving Behaviour of Long-term Teaching through a Problem Solving Approach" (Stacey); "The Relationship Between Mental Models in Mathematics and Science" (Stavy; Tirosh); "Pupils as Expert System Developers" (Stevenson; Noss); "Drawing--Computermodel--Figure Case Studies in Students' Use of Geometry-Software" (Strasser; Capponi); "Overcoming Overgeneralizations: the Case of Communitativity and Associativity" (Tirosh; Hadass; Movshovitz-Hadar); "First Steps in Generalization Processes in Algebra" (Ursini); "Translation Processes Solving Applied Linear Problems" (Van Streun); "Graphical Environment for the Construction of Function Concepts" (Wenzelburger); "The Potential for Mathematical Activity in Tiling: Constructing Abstract Units" (Wheatley; Reynolds); "The Equal Sign Goes Both Ways. How Mathematics Instruction Leads to the Development of a Common Misconception" (Wolters); "Learning in an Inquiry Mathematics Classroom" (Wood); "The Role of Peer Questioning During Class Discussion in Second Grade Mathematics" (Yackel); "The Effect of Graphic Representation: An Experiment Involving Algebraic Transformations" (Yerushalmy; Gafni); and "In What Ways Are Similar Figures Similar?" (Zaslavsky).
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Algebra, Beliefs, Computers, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Fractions, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry, Imagery, Language Role, Learning Theories, Mathematics Education, Metacognition, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Proof (Mathematics), Social Influences, Spatial Ability, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
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