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ERIC Number: EJ307778
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Usefulness of a Balance Model in Understanding the Mean.
Hardiman, Pamela Thibodeau; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n5 p792-801 Oct 1984
Using 48 undergraduates, this study tested whether improving students' knowledge of balance rules through experience with a balance beam promotes understanding of the weighted mean. Subjects classified as nonbalancers performed significantly better on the transfer problems if they had been given balance training rather than assigned to the control condition. (Author/BS)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Computation, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Models, Physical Activities, Transfer of Training
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Analogies; Balance; Balance Training; Weighted Mean
Note: Article based on a master's thesis submitted to the University of Massachusetts by Hardiman. Research supported by National Science Foundation Grants SED-8113323 and SED-8016567.