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Keywords
Educational tests and measurements; Problem solving;
Abstract
This study compared two formats of controlling variables. Subjects' performance of controlling variables in the Piagetian Bending Rods Task was compared to their performance of controlling variables in the microcomputer interactive program called Measuring Gravitational Forces. The correlation result (0.78 on the Spearman rho and the Pearson Product Moment correlations) and results of the nonparametric Wilcoxon t test and the parametric correlated t indicated no statistically significant difference of subjects' performance of controlling variables in either task. No statistically significant gender difference of subjects' performance of either the Bending Rods Task or the Measuring Gravitational Forces computer program was found. This study indicated that subjects go through similar performances while controlling variables regardless of whether the variables are actual objects or in computer simulations.
Year of Submission
1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Physics
First Advisor
Roy Unruh
Second Advisor
Timothy M. Cooney
Third Advisor
David McCalley
Date Original
1985
Object Description
1 PDF file (87 leaves)
Copyright
©1985 Rita Arlene Hrecz
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Hrecz, Rita Arlene, "A Study of Controlling Variables Using a Microcomputer Program Compared to the Piagetian Bending Rods Task" (1985). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2134.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2134
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