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McKnight, Curtis C.; Fisher, Mark A. – 1990
Knowledge representations and mental models from graphically presented information were investigated for 98 college students with different levels of mathematics experience. The subjects were drawn from a remedial algebra course (n=35), a second semester calculus course (n=35), and a calculus-based statistics course (n=28); they were all exposed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation
Fisher, Mark A. – 1992
A model of graph comprehension is proposed including perceptual and memory processes. Multidimensional scaling (MDS), cluster analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine how college students with different mathematical experience read different types of bar graphs. Data were collected at the University of Oklahoma (Norman)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Cluster Analysis, College Students
