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Discovery learning in math: Exercises versus problems

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dc.creator Barry Garelick
dc.date 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-08-12T11:26:11Z
dc.date.available 2015-08-12T11:26:11Z
dc.identifier 2150-6477
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/86cec6e10c1e4833b7a1abad030d808d
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30284
dc.description In this article, Garelick confronts the myth perpetrated in education schools that math is incorrectly taught by teaching students to do "exercises" rather than solving "problems". The former are viewed as inauthentic experiences in which the student applies algorithms to previously learned types of problems in a mechanical type way. In fact, it is through the working of the so-called "exercises" that students can make meaningful discoveries which ultimately lead them to solving more complex problems. As it is, many of today's math programs have students reaching for the stars by standing on a two-legged stool.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Nonpartisan Education Review
dc.relation http://www.nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Essays/v5n2.htm
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2150-6477
dc.source Nonpartisan Education Review , Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 1-17 (2009)
dc.subject education
dc.subject policy
dc.subject Math education
dc.subject Constructivism
dc.subject math
dc.subject mathematics education
dc.subject mathematics
dc.subject education
dc.subject Garelick
dc.subject problem solving
dc.subject teaching
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Discovery learning in math: Exercises versus problems
dc.type article


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