The role of instrumental and relational understanding in proofs about group isomorphisms

• Published in 2002
• Added on 2010-09-03

Comment

"Instrumental" understanding is recalling an algorithm and being able to apply it. "Relational" understanding is knowing what the algorithm is for and why it works. The authors say you need relational understanding of group isomorphisms to be able to prove statements about them.

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• http://www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/Proceedings/pap86.pdf

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BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{Weber2002,
	key = {Weber2002},
	type = {inproceedings},
	title = {The role of instrumental and relational understanding in proofs about group isomorphisms},
	author = {Weber, K.},
	abstract = {},
	comment = {"Instrumental" understanding is recalling an algorithm and being able to apply it. "Relational" understanding is knowing what the algorithm is for and why it works. The authors say you need relational understanding of group isomorphisms to be able to prove statements about them.},
	date_added = {2010-09-03},
	date_published = {2002-04-10},
	urls = {http://www.math.uoc.gr/{\~{}}ictm2/Proceedings/pap86.pdf},
	collections = {The act of doing maths,About proof,The groups group},
	booktitle = {Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference for the Teaching of Mathematics},
	url = {http://www.math.uoc.gr/{\~{}}ictm2/Proceedings/pap86.pdf},
	year = 2002,
	urldate = {2010-09-03}
}