Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Heuristics | 2 |
Logical Thinking | 2 |
Statistical Analysis | 2 |
Comparative Analysis | 1 |
Control Groups | 1 |
Cultural Influences | 1 |
Experimental Groups | 1 |
Foreign Countries | 1 |
Geometric Concepts | 1 |
Geometry | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 2 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
Cyprus | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Dimitriou-Hadjichristou, Chrysoula; Ogbonnaya, Ugorji I. – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2015
This paper reports a study on the effect of using the Lakatosian heuristic method to teach the surface area of a cone (SAC) on students' achievement according to Bloom's taxonomy levels. Two groups of students (experimental and control) participated in the study. The experimental group (n = 20) was taught using the Lakatosian heuristic method…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Teaching Methods, Geometry, Geometric Concepts

Nisbett, Richard E.; And Others – Psychological Review, 1983
In everyday reasoning, people use statistical heuristics (judgmental tools that are rough intuitive equivalents of statistical principles). Use of statistical heuristics is more likely when (1) sampling is clear, (2) the role of chance is clear, (3) statistical reasoning is normative for the event, or (4) the subject has had training in…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Heuristics, Higher Education, Induction