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Organization and Comprehensibility in Scientific Proofs, or 'Consider a Particle p....'
- Source :
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Journal of Educational Psychology . Dec 1990 82(4):701-714. - Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Effects on comprehension of a text structure used primarily in science and mathematics to present principles and associated proofs were studied for 70 undergraduates in 3 experiments. Results suggest that the usual proof-first structure is more difficult than a principle-first structure and results in less complete text representation. (SLD)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-0663
- Volume :
- 82
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ440467
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research<br />Speeches/Meeting Papers