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Peer reviewedSander, C. L.; van Wyk, C. K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1995
A study at a South African university investigated the mathematical reasoning ability of 314 first-year chemistry students and 69 mathematics students regarding ratios and proportions in non-chemistry-related problems. Results indicated students' mathematical readiness in these areas was only weakly linked to their previous achievement in…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Freshmen, College Science, Concept Formation
Download full textLewis, Jed – 1978
Four text passages varying along the dimensions of the number of propositions unifying one or more text paragraphs and text length were constructed. The text content pertained to nine concepts in the area of operant conditioning psychology. Fifty-eight university students were pretested and then blocked on prior text-related knowledge, and read…
Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Content Area Reading
