Investigating mathematical search behavior using network analysis

Modeling Students' Mathematical Modeling Competencies: ICTMA 13

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 571-581

  Hills, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

analysis; structure; Adults; Assessment; Cognitive foraging problem; Cognitive landscapes; Cognitive load; Constructivism; Foraging; Graduate students; Learning environments; Metacognition; Phenomenological primitives; Piaget; Scaffold; Search behavior; Search task; Situated learning; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874519073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0561-1_50     Document Type: Chapter

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