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James, Abigail Norfleet – Inquiry, 2007
One reason students give for attending a community college is that the mathematics requirements appear to be less rigorous. Many of the author's students have told her that they have chosen to seek an associate's degree first because they do not feel confident that they could successfully complete the mathematics requirement at a four-year…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Gender Differences, Mathematics Instruction, Community Colleges
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Lohaus, Arnold; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Discusses variables related to task performance in the solution of the water-level problem, where subjects were asked to indicate the water surface orientation in a tilted vessel. Subjects ages 7 to 15 years participated. Suggests that field effects and the kind of rules in use contribute to the differences in performance, which can be shown even…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Context Effect