ERIC Number: ED581307
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 8
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The Processes and Products of Students' Generalizing Activity
Tillema, Erik; Gatza, Andrew
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (39th, Indianapolis, IN, Oct 5-8, 2017)
Generalization has been a major focus of curriculum standards and research efforts in mathematics education. While researchers have documented many productive contexts for generalizing and the generalizations students make, less attention has been given to the processes of generalizing. Moreover, there has been less work done with high school students in advanced mathematical contexts. To address these issues we use a model of learning that enables us to make explicit the processes of generalizing. We exemplify this model of learning in the context of an interview study with high school students working on cubic relationships. [For complete proceedings, see ED581294.]
Descriptors: Generalization, High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Interviews, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Geometric Concepts, Learning
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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