There is a frequent misperception that the move from behaviorism to cognitivism implies an abandonment of the possibilities of decomposing knowledge into its elements for purposes of study and decontextualizing these elements for purposes of instructi...
There is a frequent misperception that the move from behaviorism to cognitivism implies an abandonment of the possibilities of decomposing knowledge into its elements for purposes of study and decontextualizing these elements for purposes of instruction. We want to show that cognotivism does not imply rejection of decomposition and decontextualization. We study two recent movements related theses- situated learning and constructivism. We show how they affect mathematics education and try to find more productive links between psychology and mathematics education.