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Dealing with Big Numbers: Representation and Understanding of Magnitudes outside of Human Experience
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Direct linkResnick, Ilyse; Newcombe, Nora S.; Shipley, Thomas F. – Cognitive Science, 2017
Being able to estimate quantity is important in everyday life and for success in the STEM disciplines. However, people have difficulty reasoning about magnitudes outside of human perception (e.g., nanoseconds, geologic time). This study examines patterns of estimation errors across temporal and spatial magnitudes at large scales. We evaluated the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Error Patterns, Accuracy, Abstract Reasoning
