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Mathematical reasoning in task solving.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Science and Mathematics Education. Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Umeå Mathematics Education Research Centre (UMERC).
2000 (English)In: Educational Studies in Mathematics, ISSN 0013-1954, E-ISSN 1573-0816, Vol. 41, p. 165-190Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

An earlier study (Lithner 1998) treated the question “what are the main characteristics and background of undergraduate students’ difficulties when trying to solve mathematical tasks?” This paper will focus on, and extend, the part of the earlier study that concerns task solving strategies. The results indicate that focusing on what is familiar and remembered at a superficial level is dominant over reasoning based on mathematical properties of the components involved, even when the latter could lead to considerable progress.

 

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2000. Vol. 41, p. 165-190
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Problem solving. Mathematical reasoning. Learning difficulties
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didactics of mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-37652OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-37652DiVA, id: diva2:369563
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Meaningful or meaningless mathematics: the ability to reason mathematicallyAvailable from: 2010-11-11 Created: 2010-11-11 Last updated: 2017-12-12

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