Affective Factors and Computational Estimation Ability

Judith Threadgill Sowder

Chapter 12 in Affect and Mathematical Problem Solving, 1989, pp 177-191 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of affective factors on the computational estimation ability of preservice teachers. Past research has delineated the cognitive processes used by good estimators (Reys, Rybolt, Bestgen, & Wyatt, 1980) and poor estimators (Threadgill-Sowder, 1984). The good estimators in the Reys et al. study seemed to have acquired estimation skills without any formal instruction. Are there also noncognitive factors that influence people to acquire such skills?

Keywords: Good Estimator; Number Sense; Mental Computation; Exact Answer; Affective Factor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3614-6_12

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