| Arithmetic word problem solving: evidence for the construction of a mental model. | |
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PMID: 19900669 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In the first experiment reported here, adults were given an unexpected task of problem recognition after a resolution task. During the recognition task, participants were presented with the original problems, inconsistent problems that had never been solved, and paraphrases, which respected the relational structure of the original problems but not their exact wording. More precisely, paraphrases were constructed by inversing the terms and the linguistic expressions in the original problems. Whereas the literal form of paraphrastic problems bore the least resemblance to original problems, paraphrastic problems were associated to higher recognition rates than inconsistent problems. A second experiment ruled out the interpretation that this result was due to a mere remembering of the exact values used in the problem text. Taken together, these results provide evidence that a non-propositional representation is built by individuals to solve arithmetic word problems and suggest that a mental model is constructed (Johnson-Laird, 1983). |
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Authors:
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Catherine Thevenot |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-11-08 |
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Title: Acta psychologica Volume: 133 ISSN: 1873-6297 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Psychol (Amst) Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
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Created Date: 2010-01-27 Completed Date: 2010-04-19 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370366 Medline TA: Acta Psychol (Amst) Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 90-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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FAPSE, University of Geneva, 40, bd du Pont D'Arve, CH-1205 Geneva, Switzerland. catherine.thevenot@unige.ch |
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Adult Analysis of Variance Attention / physiology Concept Formation / physiology Humans Imagination / physiology* Mathematics Mental Recall / physiology Models, Psychological* Problem Solving / physiology* Recognition (Psychology) / physiology* |
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