its cumulative, hierarchical structure as a school
subject; its abstraction and arbitrariness; and the range of com-
plexity and difficulty in the learning taslcs it can provide. Mathc
mmlcs eduf-‘"05 havfi Ofififl bfifrfl wary of psychological research
because of what they have seen as an indifference to or ignorance
of the academic discipline of mathematics, but theylhave never
hesitated to borrow ideas and techniques freely from psychology.
In what follows, the roots of research in mathematics €dU(TSl~
non are traced as they relate, first, to mathematics and, second,
‘Q l$Y¢h0{°8Y- A5 B fl0nveni_ent oversimplification, the roots in
1‘; C‘;‘[:::*llli:i;Qdre§egr;h into what mathemat-
deak pmmflly Mm mscarch imo rt m e roots in P>)'chol08Y
learned‘ AS anothfjr Oversim hficciy at content ts taught and
tended to be interested in secfinda ‘omdmmhmlmmnans haw
ks, and psychoiogism hm’ ‘ ‘ ty an ‘collegiate ~mathcm.1t.
c ttntled to be interested tn elemen