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Peer reviewedHamann, Mary Sue; Ashcraft, Mark H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
First, fourth, seventh, and tenth graders were timed when solving simple and complex addition problems, then were presented similar problems in untimed interviews. Manipulation of confusion between addition and multiplication, where multiplication answers were given to addition problems (3 + 4 = 12) indicated an interrelatedness of these…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students
Download full textMiller, Jon D.; Casserly, Patricia – 1988
The context of socialization in the second half of the 20th century is far different than any previous socialization environment. Children in the United States and in other industrialized countries grow to adulthood in an age of science and technology. Despite these changes in the socialization environment, there has been little systematic study…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Enrollment Influences, Family Influence, Grade 10
Miller, Jon D. – 1988
The context of socialization in the second half of the 20th century is far different than any previous socialization environment. Children in the United States and in other industrialized countries grow to adulthood in an age of science and technology. Despite these changes in the socialization environment, there has been little systematic study…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Enrollment Influences, Family Influence, Grade 10
Peer reviewedPahl, Ron H. – International Journal of Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of students' preferences for social studies, English, and science courses among 888 secondary students. Finds that seventh graders preferred social studies over science, but this preference weakened substantially as students advanced into high school. Finds that boys preferred social studies over English throughout high school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), English Curriculum, Grade 10
Bridgeman, Dorothy J.; And Others – 1985
This study examined the characteristics of family environment and its relationship to attitudes toward science. Data were collected from over 800 seventh-grade and over 1,400 tenth-grade students during a longitudinal, multi-dimensional study of the relationship between the variables of home, school, and self as related to attitudes toward and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Family Environment, Grade 10
Peer reviewedTirosh, Dina; Stavy, Ruth – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports a study to examine secondary school students' (n=200) responses to two figurally and spatially similar problems from mathematics and science that require different responses before and after instruction. Results indicated that most students gave the same response to both questions. Reasons for this pattern are discussed. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Grade 10
