Affiliation:
1. 1 teaches at the University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820.
2. 2 teaches mathematics and mathematics education courses at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA 23606.
Abstract
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics's standards documents (1989, 1991, 1995) emphasize making and assessing connections. Why are connections so important? Research suggests that understanding can be viewed as a connection between two pieces of information (Ginsburg 1977), and an understanding of elementary concepts is essential for mathematical power, for example, applying school mathematics to everyday tasks, inventing mathematical procedures, understanding and solving genuine problems, and comprehending more advanced mathematical ideas. The degree of a student's understanding is determined by the number, accuracy, and strength of connections (Hiebert and Carpenter 1992; Resnick and Ford 1981). A concept is well understood if it has many links to other aspects of knowledge that are accurate and strong.
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Subject
Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture,Software
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