Spacing Out! Manipulating Spatial Features in Mathematical Expressions Affects Performance
The current study explores the effects of physical spacing within mathematical expressions on student performance. A total of 2,152 students in 5th-12th grade were randomly assigned to one of four conditions within an online problem set, with terms in algebraic expressions spaced 1) neutrally, with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology
2020-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Numerical Cognition |
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Online Access: | https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/243 |