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Mamolo, Ami; Pali, Rebeka – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
This article examines pre-service secondary school teachers' responses to a learning situation that presented a student's struggle with determining the area of an irregular hexagon. Responses were analyzed in terms of participants' evoked concept images as related to their knowledge at the mathematical horizon, with attention paid…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics
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Fischbein, Efraim; Schnarch, Ditza – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1997
Describes a study that investigated probabilistic intuitions held by students (N=98) from grade 7 through college through the use of a questionnaire. Of the misconceptions that were investigated, availability was the only one that was stable across age groups. Contains 20 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Langley, Dorothy; Eylon, Bat-Sheva – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2006
The current study is framed within an ongoing effort of probing students' attitudes and expectations about knowing and learning physics, which has driven several investigations during the past decade. The questionnaire we developed focuses on physics students' views regarding a variety of specific learning activities, which are presented by title…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies
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Gijbels, David; Van de Watering, Gerard; Dochy, Filip; Van den Bossche, Piet – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The purpose of the present study is to gain more insight into the relationship between students' approaches to learning and students' quantitative learning outcomes, as a function of the different components of problem-solving that are measured within the assessment. Data were obtained from two sources: the revised two factor study process…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Style, Outcomes of Education, Cognitive Structures