The Rationality Debate: Application of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education |
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Authors: | Uri Leron Orit Hazzan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Isreal |
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Abstract: | Research in mathematics education usually attempts to look into students’ learning and other mental processes. It could therefore
be expected to build on knowledge acquired within the academic discipline of cognitive psychology. Our aim in this paper is
to show how some recent developments in cognitive psychology can help interpret empirical results from mathematics education.
In particular, we will be looking into the heuristics-and-biases research by Kahneman and Tversky, the alternative views by
Gigerenzer et al., and the more recent dual-process theory that has come to play a central role in interpreting this research.
We first introduce the relevant background from cognitive psychology and survey its connections to previous work in mathematics
education; then we apply this theoretical framework for re-interpreting previously-published empirical data from mathematics
education research. We conclude with a discussion of potential theoretical and practical benefits of such synthesis. |
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Keywords: | cognitive psychology dual-process theory heuristics and biases misconceptions rationality debate |
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