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ERIC Number: EJ366655
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
The Effect of Task Content upon Proportional Reasoning.
Saunders, Walter L.; Jesunathadas, Joseph
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v25 n1 p59-67 Jan 1988
Examines the effect of familiar and unfamiliar task content upon proportional reasoning abilities of ninth grade students. Uses content from chemistry and physics textbooks. Reports that student performance was higher on proportional reasoning problems involving familiar content than with unfamiliar content and that content famililarity interacted with difficulty. (CW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, High Schools, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Skills, Physics, Problem Solving, Process Education, Ratios (Mathematics), Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Proportional Reasoning