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Peer reviewedMayer, Richard E. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 1982
Equation problems elicited a strategy in which the subject attempted to isolate the X variables on one side of the equation, whereas word problems elicited a strategy in which the subject attempted to reduce the expression. These results suggest that problem format influences the type of strategy used to solve algebra problems. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Higher Education
