The Effects of Operator Position and Superfluous Brackets on Student Performance in Simple Arithmetic

For students to advance beyond arithmetic, they must learn how to attend to the structure of math notation. This process can be challenging due to students' left-to-right computing tendencies. Brackets are used in mathematics to indicate precedence but can also be used as superfluous cues and p...

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Main Authors: Vy Ngo, Luisa Perez Lacera, Avery Harrison Closser, Erin Ottmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2023-03-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
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Online Access:https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/9535