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Direct linkHerman, G. L.; Zilles, C.; Loui, M. C. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2012
The authors conducted a qualitative interview-based study to reveal students' misconceptions about state in sequential circuits. This paper documents 16 misconceptions of state, how students' conceptions of state shift and change, and students' methodological weaknesses. These misconceptions can be used to inform and direct instruction. This study…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Metric System, Misconceptions, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedRieck, William A. – Clearing House, 1976
Provides some suggestions for implementing the metric system including the need to establish a learning motivation for metrication within students. (RK)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Processes, Measurement, Metric System
Download full textCity Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY. Queens Coll. – 1984
This Teacher Education and Mathematics (TEAM) content module focuses on metric measurement. Topics addressed include decimal structure and prefixes, precision in measurement, reference measures, United States customary and metric systems, volume, area, and conversion. The module consists of: (1) an instructor's text; (2) an instructor's guide and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Females
Peer reviewedMorrison, Gary R.; And Others – Educational Technology, Research and Development, 1992
This study examined learner-control strategies for selecting problem context and level of instructional support on a computer-based mathematics unit on the metric system. Subjects were 240 sixth grade students assigned to 15 treatments. Performance was lowest under learner-control instructional support conditions even though subjects indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Context Effect
