Conceptual Knowledge OR Procedural Knowledge or Conceptual Knowledge AND Procedural Knowledge: Why the Conjunction is Important to Teachers

Relations among conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and procedural flexibility in two samples differing in prior knowledge.

Competence in many domains rests on children developing conceptual and procedural knowledge, as well as procedural flexibility. However, research on the developmental relations between these different types of knowledge has yielded unclear results, in part because little attention has been paid to the validity of the measures or to the effects of prior knowledge on the relations. To overcome th...

Pre-service teachers’ procedural and conceptual knowledge of fractions

The study examined pre-service elementary teachers and newly accepted secondary non-math and science major students at a university. The study examined weaknesses of students in conceptual and procedural understanding of fractions. It also examined whether there were differences in math fractional knowledge for both groups. The study found students’ weaknesses were in solving word fraction prob...

Conceptual and procedural knowledge construction in computer supported collaborative learning

This paper focuses on learners' knowledge construction in computer supported collaborative learning. It investigates how far individual knowledge (prior knowledge), collaborative knowledge (the quality of collaborative knowledge construction), and instructional support may contribute to the outcomes of learners' knowledge construction. It analyzes predictors for learners' learning outcomes with...

Two Pedagogical Approaches Linking Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge

There are two fundamental dilemmas that appear throughout human life: (1) Do we have to understand being able to do, or vice versa? and (2) Should things be emphasized as objects or as processes? These dilemmas can be converted to the question of the balance between conceptual and procedural knowledge. This article represents two research-based and empirically tested approaches: the educational...

Reconceptualizing Procedural Knowledge