Session 3: 

Thursday May 18, 2017 at 1:50pm in M391

Conceptual vs Procedural knowledge- comparing multiple solutions to a problem – The relationship between conceptual and procedural knowledge development will be discusses.  Subsequently, a study investigating whether comparing and contrasting different problem solutions facilitates the development of procedural and/or conceptual knowledge.

Readings: Developing Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge of Mathematics by Bethany Rittle-Johnson and Michael Schneider; The Oxford Handbook of Numerical Cognition Edited by Roi Cohen and Ann Dowker DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199642342.013.014

Does Comparing Solution Methods Facilitate Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge? An Experimental Study on Learning to Solve Equations. Bethany Rittle-Johnson and Jon R. Star. Journal of Educational Psychology 2007, Vol. 99, No. 3, 561–574