Problem modification as a tool for detecting cognitive flexibility in school children

ZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 267-279

  Voica, Cristian ^a   Singer, Florence Mihaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b Institute for Educational Sciences   (Romania)

Author keywords

Change in cognitive framing; Cognitive flexibility; Creativity; Problem posing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892868502     PISSN: 18639690     EISSN: 18639704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11858-013-0492-8     Document Type: Article

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