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Dündar, Sefa – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2015
Using multiple representations of a problem can reveal the relationship between complex concepts by expressing the same mathematical condition differently and can contribute to the meaningful learning of mathematical concepts. The purpose of this study is to assess the performances of mathematics teacher-candidates on trigonometry problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Problem Solving
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Cunningham, J. Barton; MacGregor, James N.; Gibb, Jenny; Haar, Jarrod – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2009
A central question in creativity concerns how insightful ideas emerge. Anecdotal examples of insightful scientific and technical discoveries include Goodyear's discovery of the vulcanization of rubber, and Mendeleev's realization that there may be gaps as he tried to arrange the elements into the Periodic Table. Although most people would regard…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Classification
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Willerman, Lee; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Adoptive parents and their adoptive and natural children took IQ tests. Speed of solution correlated with verbal IQ and .51 with performance IQ among the parents. Mothers' speed correlated negligibly with scores of adoptive and natural children. Fathers' speed correlated more with their natural than adopted children's performance scores.…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Children, Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education