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Peer reviewedPreece, Jenny; Janvier, Claude – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports a study to examine the role of context on the ability to interpret graphs. Graph tests involving 2 ecological contexts were presented to 14- and 15-year-old students (n=23) in the form of an interview. Results indicated how students used their contextual knowledge in interpreting the graphs. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Context Effect, Data Interpretation
Download full textPapalewis, Rosemary – 1990
This paper explores the common elements identified as context variables that may effect student evaluation of instruction, and presents literature from sociology, anthropology, and linguistics that offers renewed challenges to researchers in this area of data interpretation. The common context variables that are seen as effecting student…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Data Interpretation, Ethnic Bias, Higher Education
