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Clarke, Doug M.; Roche, Anne – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
As part of individual interviews incorporating whole number and rational number tasks, 323 grade 6 children in Victoria, Australia were asked to nominate the larger of two fractions for eight pairs, giving reasons for their choice. All tasks were expected to be undertaken mentally. The relative difficulty of the pairs was found to be close to that…
Descriptors: Numbers, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Teaching Methods
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Berry, Franklin M.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Number Concepts, Paired Associate Learning
Vancouver Public Schools, WA. – 1964
A review of research literature revealed that some researchers felt that the use of colored rods, such as the Cuisenaire materials, in teaching number work gave perceptual support to many relationships. Experiments conducted over 3 years attempted to test some of these relationships. During each year, experimental classes in grade one were…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
GROTELUESCHEN, ARDEN – 1967
AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO ASSESS THE EFFECTS ON ADULT LEARNING OF DIFFERENTIALLY STRUCTURED INTRODUCTORY COGNITIVE LEARNING TASKS AND MATERIALS, AND THE INTERACTION OF INTELLIGENCE WITH THE EXPERIMENTALLY MANIPULATED MATERIAL AND TASK CATEGORIES. ABOUT 96 ADULTS WHO WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT OF NUMBER BASES WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO A 4X3X4…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Learning Theories