MacDonald, T.H. "Exploiting adult learning styles in teaching basic maths." Australian Journal of Adult Education Vol: 24 No.: 2, (1984), 8-12.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles

....such as rotate , change size , and add a part . The relationship is only stated; Novick and Tversky do not make any follow up connections between the similarity. Novick and Holyoak, 91] have also commented on the general idea that mathematical problems can be solved by analogy. MacDonald, 84] has shown that rudimentary mathematics can be taught effectively via analogical reasoning. MacDonald s experiments did not involve algebra; he concentrated on basic mathematical operations on integers, fractions and decimals. However, Halford and Boulton Lewis, 89] point out that there are ....

....by making the connections between known base problem and current problem explicit. Reed et al., 90] have shown that in mathematics it is not easy for a student to select a good analogy, and it is a difficult task to teach students the required knowledge to do it. Experiments carried out by [MacDonald, 84] have shown that those adult students taught mathematics using analogical situations can gain a better grasp of the subject matter than those who are taught in a conventional teach practice test skill acquisition way. With the conventional teaching method, each component of the skill is taught, ....

MacDonald, T.H. "Exploiting adult learning styles in teaching basic maths." Australian Journal of Adult Education Vol: 24 No.: 2, (1984), 8-12.

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