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Download full textPerkins, David; And Others – 1986
To learn more about the specific nature of the teaching and learning problems involved, researchers conducted a clinical study of 20 high school students enrolled a BASIC course. Investigators presented each student with a sequence of eight programming problems, ranging from easy to difficult. They asked questions to track student thinking and…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, High Schools, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedWhite, Raymond M., Jr.; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedMaier, Norman R. F.; Casselman, Gertrude G. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Error Patterns, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedAdigwe, J. C. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1992
This study investigated sex differences in chemical problem solving among Nigerian secondary school chemistry students (100 males and 100 females). Male students excelled over the female students in the following problem-solving processes: (1) problem understanding; (2) construction and execution of solution plans; (3) exhibition of structural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
Verhille, Charles, Ed. – 1985
These proceedings include two lectures followed by working group and topic group contributions in reduced format. The two lectures were by Heinrich Bauersfeld, speaking on contributions to a fundamental theory of mathematics learning and teaching, and Henry Pollak, speaking on the relationship between applications of mathematics and the teaching…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Calculus, Computer Software, Educational Research
Suydam, Marilyn N., Ed.; Kasten, Margaret L., Ed. – Investigations in Mathematics Education, 1984
This issue contains abstracts and critical comments for 11 articles. Three articles focus on problem solving; the remainder concern understanding of the equals sign, mathematical structure, mathematical abilities, the role of language in tasks involving sets, sex differences in mathematical errors, subtraction, algorithms as schemes, and…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computation, Editorials, Educational Research
