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Dashiell, William; Killian, Paul W., Jr. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
Eighteen college students solved addition problems using the Hutchings Low Fatigue Addition Algorithm, which requires a written record of running sums, and the standard algorithm, which does not. Students using the Hutchings algorithm had significantly higher reaction times to a tone, indicating that the Hutchings method requires less cognitive…
Descriptors: Addition, Adolescents, Algorithms, Cognitive Processes

Coates, Glynn D.; Alluisi, Earl A. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Decision Making, Error Patterns, Factor Analysis, Measurement