Skemp(1976) identified the advantages of teaching mathematics for what he referred to as relational rather than instrumental understanding.Skemp argued that,while instrumental understanding may have short-term benefits, such as taking less time to learn skills and procedures relational understanding is more adaptable to new tasks, is easier to understand, and is an appropriate goal in itself. He further contrasts instrumental and relational understanding, likening the former to providing learners with a series of steps to achieve certain goals, while the latter allows learners to build their own mental maps or schema, which, in principle, enable them to find their own paths to achieve a variety of mathematical goals.
Skemp(1976) identified the advantages of teaching mathematics for what he referred to as relational rather than instrumental understanding.Skemp argued that,while instrumental understanding may have short-term benefits, such as taking less time to learn skills and procedures relational understanding is more adaptable to new tasks, is easier to understand, and is an appropriate goal in itself. He further contrasts instrumental and relational understanding, likening the former to providing learners with a series of steps to achieve certain goals, while the latter allows learners to build their own mental maps or schema, which, in principle, enable them to find their own paths to achieve a variety of mathematical goals.
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