Does mathematical learning occur in going from concrete to abstract or in going from abstract to concrete?

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 334-344

  Roth, Wolff Michael ^a   Hwang, SungWon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abstract; Concrete; Dialectical logic; Double ascension; Generalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846181648     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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