Natural Number Bias in Arithmetic Operations With Missing Numbers – A Reaction Time Study

Natural Number Bias in Arithmetic Operations With Missing Numbers – A Reaction Time Study

When reasoning about numbers, students are susceptible to a natural number bias (NNB): When reasoning about non-natural numbers they use properties of natural numbers that do not apply. The present study examined the NNB when students are asked to evaluate the validity of algebraic equations involvi...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos P. Christou, Courtney Pollack, Jo Van Hoof, Wim Van Dooren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Insitute for Psychology 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Numerical Cognition
Subjects:
natural number bias
rational numbers
multiplication makes bigger
misconception
operation
Online Access:https://jnc.psychopen.eu/index.php/jnc/article/view/228

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