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Rosenthal, Daniel J.; Resnick, Lauren B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1974
Solution processes for simple arithmetic word problems are examined in three dimensions: the order of mention, the identity of the unknown, and the type of verb. The influence of mathematical and linguistic factors in these processes are discussed. (BJG)
Descriptors: Addition, Applied Linguistics, Arithmetic, Elementary Education
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Goldsmith, Timothy E.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
New methods for representing the structural properties of domain-specific knowledge were studied. Network representations of data from 40 college students' ratings of the relatedness of domain concepts were derived using the Pathfinder scaling algorithm, and similarity between students' and instructor's networks was then assessed using a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, College Students, Concept Formation