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Cross-Cultural Differences in Use of Comparisons: Imagery and Visual Cues

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Comparison has been studied in laboratory contexts, but less is known about how this reasoning practice differs across cultures.Findings are reported from a cross-cultural study of comparisons used within US, Japanese, and Hong Kong mathematics classrooms.Two findings are reported: the use of imagery and the use of visual alignment.These data reveal that US teachers use reliably fewer imagery and visual alignment supports for comparative reasoning.These suggest that US teachers provide fewer cues of the type known to facilitate learners' use of structural comparisons than Hong Kong and Japanese teachers.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Keith J. Holyoak, Lindsey E. Richland, Osnat Zur

Language: English

Topic: Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2589697102

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