Intuitive vs analytical thinking: Four perspectives

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-278

  Leron, Uri ^a   Hazzan, Orit ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Base rate neglect; Bayesian thinking; Cognitive psychology; Dual process theory; Evolutionary psychology; Group theory; Lagrange's theorem; Mathematical errors; Mathematics education; Medical diagnosis problem; Rationality debate

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349207132     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-008-9175-8     Document Type: Article

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