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Videotaping small groups of students in a regular classroom environment makes it possible to study individual student cognitive growth in a social setting. The present report deals with student development of some new mathematical ideas over an extended period of time.
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Davis, R.B., Maher, C.A. & Martino, A.M. Using videotapes to study the construction of mathematical knowledge by individual children working in groups. J Sci Educ Technol 1, 177–189 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00701362
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