Students' Problem Solving and Justification [electronic resource] / Barbara Glass and Carolyn A. Maher.

This paper reports on methods of students' justifications of their solution to a problem in the area of combinatorics. From the analysis of the problem solving of 150 students in a variety of settings from high-school to graduate study, four major forms of reasoning evolved: (1) Justification b...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Glass, Barbara
Other Authors:	Maher, Carolyn Alexander
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2004.
Subjects:	Undergraduate Students. Graduate Students. Graduate Study. Problem Solving. Heuristics. Thinking Skills. High School Students. Mathematics Skills. Abstract Reasoning.