The effect of feedback on the intensity of the illusion of linearity in high-school students’ solving of geometry problems

This study examines the illusion of linearity in high-school students’ solving of geometrical problems related to the perimeter and the area of similarly reduced or enlarged figures. Previous studies have shown that students strongly believe that when one dimension of a geometrical figure is increas...

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Matična publikacija: Review of psychology
18 (2011), 1 ; str. 21-30
Glavni autori: Paić-Antunović, Jelena (-), Vlahović-Štetić, Vesna (Author)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
Online pristup: Elektronička verzija članka
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