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Publication Date: 2022
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Offloading Cognitive Demands of Fractional Tasks on Working Memory through Drawings
Stryker, Rachael; Kokushkin, Vladislav; Norton, Anderson; Kerrigan, Sarah
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (44th, Nashville, TN, Nov 17-20, 2022)
This study examined the role of student generated drawings to offload cognitive demands of a mathematical problem. We used Unit Transformation Graphs to compare students' thought processes when they had to solve the problem mentally, and when they were allowed to use pen and paper. The results indicated that the possibility to rely on drawings helped the participants to free up working memory resources and complete a cognitively demanding fractional task. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630210.]
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematical Logic, Short Term Memory, Fractions, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Effectiveness, Cognitive Processes
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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