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ERIC Number: EJ328797
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Adolescents' Performance on a Sequence of Proportional Reasoning Tasks.
Farrell, Margaret A.; Farmer, Walter A.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v22 n6 p503-18 Sep 1985
Investigated proportional reasoning of a select group of older, college-bound adolescents on a task set in a geometric/spatial context with a multiple-proportion, multiplicative structure. Sex-related differences and the influence of course experience in mathematics and science were also investigated. (JN)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Proportional Reasoning; Science Education Research