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Damarin, Suzanne K. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1996
Explores the interaction of gender, sex-typed toys, and the construction of the mathematical topic of fractions as it is taught in schools. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Females
O'Donnell, William J.; Endsley, Glenn J. – 1986
This study focuses on the possible relationships between cognitive preference scores of algebra students and level of algebra, sex, and performance rank in algebra classes. The sample consisted of 162 students from a high school in the Denver area. The instruments used were the Cognitive Preference Test: Mathematics (Revised) (CPTM) and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Algebra, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedSweller, John; Low, Renae – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1992
Reviews research on (1) schemata acquisition while learning mathematics and techniques for detecting schema in mathematics learners; and (2) assessment of the distribution of cognitive resources while learning mathematics that lead to the design of instructional techniques to facilitate schema acquisition. (26 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
