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Bott, Lewis; Heit, Evan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2004
This article reports the results of an experiment addressing extrapolation in function learning, in particular the issue of whether participants can extrapolate in a nonmonotonic manner. Existing models of function learning, including the extrapolation association model of function learning (EXAM; E. L. DeLosh, J. R. Busemeyer, & M. A. McDaniel,…
Descriptors: Computation, Psychological Studies, Data Analysis, Learning Processes
Mayer, Richard E.; Bayman, Piraye – 1980
A study designed to serve as an initial step in building a theory of computer literacy was conducted to provide new information concerning how humans think about calculators and to determine how individual differences in students' intuitions affect their understanding and use of the calculator. Thirty-three expert and 33 novice calculator users…
Descriptors: Calculators, Cognitive Style, Computation, Higher Education