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Diagrams Benefit Symbolic Problem Solving
dc.contributor.advisor | Rittle-Johnson, Bethany | |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, Junyi | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-21T21:44:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-21T21:44:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chu, J., Rittle-Johnson, B. and Fyfe, E. R. (2017), Diagrams benefit symbolic problem-solving. Br J Educ Psychol, 87: 273–287. doi:10.1111/bjep.12149 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/7286 | |
dc.description | Completed for the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences, this thesis investigates how presenting diagrams alongside algebra equations can improve students' equation-solving accuracy. | en_US |
dc.description | Please Note: This manuscript is posted for non-commercial use. It is the pre-publication version and, as such, may contain errors that are not present in the final publication. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | How a problem is presented can influence students’ problem-solving performance. For example, including diagrams can alter students’ understanding, choice of strategy and accuracy on word problems. In this study, we examined the effect of diagrams on students’ performance in a symbolic problem domain. Sixty-one seventh-grade students solved algebraic equations presented in two formats: with or without an accompanying diagram. The presence of diagrams increased equation-solving accuracy and use of informal strategies. Overall, the benefits of diagrams found previously for word problems generalized to symbolic problems. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | External representation | en_US |
dc.subject | Problem solving | en_US |
dc.subject | Algebra equations | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cognitive psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Algebra -- Charts, diagrams, etc. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Equations | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Problem solving | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Algebra -- Study and teaching | en_US |
dc.title | Diagrams Benefit Symbolic Problem Solving | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Algebra Diagrams | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.college | Peabody College | en_US |
dc.description.school | Vanderbilt University | en_US |
dc.description.department | Psychology and Human Development | en_US |
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