Making Math Mean [electronic resource] / Jack Lockhead.

This paper describes the implications of constructivism both for what to teach and for how to teach. The first part discusses three approaches on what to teach: (1) relating mathematical knowledge to other knowledge; (2) checking for self-consistency; and (3) putting thinking before facts. The secon...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Lockhead, Jack
Corporate Author:	Scientific Reasoning Research Institute
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989.
Subjects:	College Mathematics. Concept Formation. Concept Teaching. Higher Education. Mathematical Concepts. Mathematics Achievement. Mathematics Instruction. Mathematics Skills. Protocol Analysis. Teaching Methods.