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Peer reviewedMachida, Kenichi; Carlson, Jerry – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
The effects of verbal mnemonics on mathematics achievement were investigated using 100 Japanese seventh graders. All students received 10 weeks of mathematics instruction, but the experimental subjects were taught with the aid of verbal rhymes. Significant differences favoring experimental subjects were found on both the immediate and delayed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Download full textSekiguchi, Yasuhiro – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This study is to explore the potential of Fauconnier's mental space theory in understanding the teaching and learning processes of mathematics. Notions from cognitive linguistics have been introduced to research in mathematics education recently, but there have been little studies about what potential the framework of mental space has in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Learning Processes, Grade 7, Word Problems (Mathematics)
