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Muckridge, Nicole A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine adult developmental mathematics (ADM) students' knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction as it relates to their demonstrated fraction schemes and ability to disembed in multiplicative contexts with whole numbers. The study was conducted using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design. In the first…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Developmental Studies Programs, Mathematics Education, Knowledge Level
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Fayol, Michel; Thevenot, Catherine – Cognition, 2012
In a first experiment, adults were asked to solve one-digit additions, subtractions and multiplications. When the sign appeared 150 ms before the operands, addition and subtraction were solved faster than when the sign and the operands appeared simultaneously on screen. This priming effect was not observed for multiplication problems. A second…
Descriptors: Priming, Memory, Subtraction, Multiplication