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Peer reviewedClement, John – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1982
Data indicate that relatively advanced science-oriented college students can experience serious difficulties in symbolizing certain meaningful relationships with algebraic equations. Reversal errors in formulating equations were seen to stem from two main sources: (1) a syntactic word order matching process and (2) a semantic static comparison…
Descriptors: Algebra, Cognitive Processes, College Mathematics, Educational Research
Peer reviewedGraeber, Anna O.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1989
Studied were the misconceptions that preservice elementary teachers have about multiplication and division. Results indicated that they are influenced by the same primitive models as students; the most common errors made by both groups are quite similar. (MNS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Students, Computation, Concept Formation
