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Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, No. 14, Wku History
Ua68/8/1 History Alumni Newsletter, No. 14, Wku History
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by the WKU History Department regarding activities in the department, students and alumni.
Ua66/10/2 Alumni Newsletter, Wku Mathematics
Ua66/10/2 Alumni Newsletter, Wku Mathematics
WKU Archives Records
Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.
The Accessing Of Geometry Schemas By High School Students, Mohan Chinnappan
The Accessing Of Geometry Schemas By High School Students, Mohan Chinnappan
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
In this study I examine the question, what is the nature of prior mathematical knowledge that facilitates the construction of useful problem representations in the domain of geometry? The quality of prior knowledge is analysed in terms ofschemas that provide a measure of the degree of organisation of prior knowledge. Problem-solving performance and schema activation of a group of high- and low-achieving students were compared. As expected, the high achievers produced more correct answers than the low achievers. More significantly, schema comparison indicated that the high achievers accessed more problem-relevant schemas than the low achievers. In a related task which …