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Direct linkVan Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk; Janssens, Dirk; Verschaffel, Lieven – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: From upper elementary education on, children develop a tendency to over-use linearity. Particularly, it is found that many pupils assume that if a figure enlarges "k" times, the area enlarges "k" times too. However, most research was conducted with traditional, school-like word problems. Aims: This study examines…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Items, Students, Elementary Education
