January 2016, Vol. 47, Issue 1
Participatory and Anticipatory Stages of Mathematical Concept Learning: Further Empirical and Theoretical Development
Martin A. Simon, Nicora Placa, and Arnon Avitzur, New York University
Tzur and Simon (2004) postulated 2 stages of development in learning a mathematical concept: participatory and anticipatory. The authors discuss the affordances for research of this stage distinction related to data analysis, task design, and assessment as demonstrated in a 2-year teaching experiment.
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