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relational understanding: a standalone construct

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Mathematics education

knowing both what to do in mathematics and why it works, set against instrumental understanding, which is applying rules without reasons.

In mathematics education, relational understanding refers to knowing both what to do in mathematics and why it works, set against instrumental understanding, which is applying rules without reasons. This meaning comes from Skemp (2006) in Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.[1]

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Skemp, R. R. (2006). Relational Understanding and Instrumental Understanding. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 12(2), 88-95. https://doi.org/10.5951/mtms.12.2.0088

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