“Children’s Visual Imagery” by DeWindt-King and Goldin

DeWindt-King and Goldin are considered the brains behind research in cognitive approaches to problem-solving and their qualifications and expertise in technological approaches in solving mathematics problems cannot be debated. Serving as full-time professors in their respective universities, the authors have made immense contributions to the field of mathematics education.

Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education is a one-stop source of rich and insightful source of information in various fields. The rigor in the evaluation of research works before publication indicates the quality of this journal. The authors give an overview of some specific aspects of visual imagery and representation. Through an examination of key ideas in visual imagery such as “internal and external systems of representation and the different types of the internal representation that are possible,” (DeWindt-King and Goldin, 2003, p. 13), the authors present an accurate and up to date article that is devoid of fallacies.

This is more so when the methodological perspectives adopted in the research are examined. The authors have settled on an appropriate topic that immediately makes it clear what issues are to be discussed in the paper and the clear introduction and background that introduces the topic has been explicitly stated. An organization of the paper and the major headings under discussion has also been presented that helps the reader understand the flow of the article.

References

DeWindt-King, A.M., and Goldin, G. (2003). Children’s Visual Imagery: Aspects of Cognitive Representation in Solving Problems with Fractions. Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2 (1): 1-42.