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Direct linkPortnoy, Lindsay; Lemberger, Talia – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: Approaches to learning have the ability to influence knowledge acquisition, comprehension, retention and even motivation to learn. Previous work indicates that despite age, experience, or prior knowledge, students have a tendency to approach learning differently as a function of the presented content. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Processes, Science Education, History
Kaphesi, Elias – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2014
This paper reports on the metaphors that 36 third-year university mathematics education students have about mathematics. These metaphors were investigated through a questionnaire with five open-ended items. An inductive analysis of the students' metaphors for mathematics indicated that students had well developed and complex metaphors about…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Figurative Language
