Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 351-356.

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Development of Adolescent’s Measurement Estimation Ability and Related Factors

SI Ji-wei, ZHANG Chuan-hua, MENG Li-li   

  1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
  • Online:2010-07-15 Published:2010-07-15

Abstract: Measurement estimation has been one of research focuses in mathematics cognition since 1970s.Using self-designed tasks,the present study investigated the developmental tendency and related factors of measurement estimation competence in adolescent.Length and area estimation were included in the task,and each task type including geometric figures and actual objects presenting mode.747 adolescents participated in this research.Their average age was 17.11 years old.The results showed that the measurement estimation ability in adolescents was generally low.It was remarkably rising during junior middle school stage,but after then a slowly developmental trend emerged.Task type and presenting mode showed significant effect on adolescents' performances of measurement estimation.In particular,the estimation performance of length tasks was better than that on area tasks;similarly,the estimation performance of geometric figures was better than that on presenting actual objects. No significant gender difference was found in adolescents' performance of measurement estimation.

Key words: estimation, measurement estimation, adolescent

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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