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Seeing the Problem: An Explanation From Pólya

Gaea Leinhardt
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Baruch B. Schwarz
Pages 395-434 | Published online: 14 Dec 2009

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Ramazan Avcu. (2022) Middle-school mathematics teachers’ provision of non-examples and explanations in rational number instruction. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 0:0, pages 1-29.
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Naomi Prusak, Rina Hershkowitz & Baruch B. Schwarz. (2013) Conceptual learning in a principled design problem solving environment. Research in Mathematics Education 15:3, pages 266-285.
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Shulamit Kapon, Uri Ganiel & Bat Sheva Eylon. (2010) Explaining the Unexplainable: Translated Scientific Explanations (TSE) in public physics lectures. International Journal of Science Education 32:2, pages 245-264.
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B. Koichu, A. Berman & M. Moore. (2007) The effect of promoting heuristic literacy on the mathematical aptitude of middle-school students. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 38:1, pages 1-17.
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Sylvia Weber-Russell & Mark D. LeBlanc. (2004) Learning by Seeing by Doing: Arithmetic Word Problems. Journal of the Learning Sciences 13:2, pages 197-220.
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Kathleen C. Anderson & Gaea Leinhardt. (2002) Maps as Representations: Expert Novice Comparison of Projection Understanding. Cognition and Instruction 20:3, pages 283-321.
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Yair Neuman. (2001) Can the Baron von Münchausen Phenomenon be Solved?An Activity-Oriented Solution to the Learning Paradox. Mind, Culture, and Activity 8:1, pages 78-89.
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Leona Schauble, Gaea Leinhardt & Laura Martin. (1997) A Framework for Organizing a Cumulative Research Agenda in Informal Learning Contexts. Journal of Museum Education 22:2-3, pages 3-8.
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Jodi G. Fender & Kevin Crowley. (2007) How parent explanation changes what children learn from everyday scientific thinking. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 28:3, pages 189-210.
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Boris Koichu, Abraham Berman & Michael Moore. (2006) Heuristic literacy development and its relation to mathematical achievements of middle school students. Instructional Science 35:2, pages 99-139.
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Mary P. Truxaw & Thomas C. DeFranco. (2007) Mathematics in the making: Mapping verbal discourse in Pólya's “Let Us Teach Guessing” lesson. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior 26:2, pages 96-114.
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Roza Leikin. (2004) The wholes that are greater than the sum of their parts: employing cooperative learning in mathematics teachers’ education. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior 23:2, pages 223-256.
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Lucia M. Flevares & Michelle Perry. (2001) How many do you see? The use of nonspoken representations in first-grade mathematics lessons.. Journal of Educational Psychology 93:2, pages 330-345.
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Kevin Crowley, Maureen A. Callanan, Harriet R. Tenenbaum & Elizabeth Allen. (2016) Parents Explain More Often to Boys Than to Girls During Shared Scientific Thinking. Psychological Science 12:3, pages 258-261.
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Yair Neuman & Baruch Schwarz. (2000) Substituting one mystery for another: the role of self-explanations in solving algebra word-problems. Learning and Instruction 10:3, pages 203-220.
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Gaea Leinhardt. (1997) Instructional explanations in history. International Journal of Educational Research 27:3, pages 221-232.
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