Teachers' Beliefs about Students' Generalization of Learning

• Published in: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
• Main Author: Diamond, Jaime Marie
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2014
• Subjects: Beliefs; Learning; Mathematical Concepts; Mathematics Teachers; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Problem Solving; Self Concept; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Transfer of Training; Urban Schools; California

Researchers in psychology and mathematics education have been conducting systematic investigations of students' generalization (or transfer) of learning since the beginning of the 20th century. However, we do not know how teachers, the people typically associated with student learning, think ab...