Coordinating sets and properties when representing data: The group separation problem

Authors: 
Falbel, A., & Hancock, C.
Type: 
Conference Paper
Category: 
Research
Pages: 
10-Jan
Year: 
1993
Publisher: 
International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July
Place: 
Japan
Abstract: 

This paper reports on a clinical study of students' productive understanding of database record/field structures. Using a data analysis tool with which they were familiar, students were asked to create a database structure that would allow them to produce a desired graph. A recurring pattern was observed in which subjects produced a set-based structure instead of the required property-based structure.

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