Interference of instrumental instruction in subsequent relational learning

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 524-540

  Pesek, Dolores D ^a   Kirshner, David ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's strategies; Cognitive theory; Intermediate grades; Manipulatives; Metacognition; Reform in mathematics education; Teaching (role, style, methods); Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044524645     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749885     Document Type: Article

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