Dear Linda--
Thanks a lot for your help! Distributed memory is a way to fight
professional sclerosis :-( As Russian wisdom says, "Do not have 100 rubles
but have 100 friends."
Take care,
Eugene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Polin, Linda [mailto:Linda.Polin@pepperdine.edu]
> Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 5:36 PM
> To: 'xmca@weber.ucsd.edu'
> Subject: for Eugene
>
>
> I think you are thinking of the postal problem in math class versus the
> same problem in social studies class...?
>
> Saljo, R. & Wyndhamm, J. (1993). Solving everyday problems in the formal
> setting: An empirical study of the school as a context for thought, in
> Chaiklin, S. & Lave, J. (eds). Understanding practice: Perspesctives on
> activity and context. Cambridge Univ Press.
>
> Linda P.
>
>
>
> Hi everybody--
>
> I'd like to ask you for help. I remember reading a study about comparing
> kids' problem solving in math at school and in post office using
> mathematically isomorphic tasks. Can you provide references, please?
>
> I'd appreciate your help,
>
> Eugene
>
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