[Maths-Education] Construct

Romulo Lins romlins@rc.unesp.br
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:26:48 -0300


Dear all who asked and others who might have thought of asking,

>From Collins English Dictionary, 1991 (things might have changed...!)

Construct: [...] 4. something formulated or built systematically; 5. a
complex idea resulting from a synthesis of simpler ideas; 6.
/Psychology/ a model devised on the basis of observation, designed to
relate what is observed to some theoretical framework. [...]

Maybe "construct" should be nominated as one of the top 5.

all the best,
Romulo