Sequencing Examples and Nonexamples to Facilitate Concept Attainment.

Petty, Osmond S.; Jansson, Lars C.

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ERIC Number: EJ349887

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Publication Date: 1987

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Sequencing Examples and Nonexamples to Facilitate Concept Attainment.

Petty, Osmond S.; Jansson, Lars C.

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v18 n2 p112-25 Mar 1987

The effects of two instructional strategies for sequencing examples and nonexamples of the concept "parallelogram" were compared for sixth graders. A rational sequence was favored over a random sequence at the formal level of concept attainment; no interaction effect was found between the strategy and students' mathematical ability. (MNS)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Geometric Concepts, Grade 6, Mathematics Instruction, Research Reports, Teaching Methods

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