Area and perimeter calculations by education majors.
71 undergraduate majors in elementary education were given a task to assess their understanding of perimeter and area. Examination of responses indicated students' understanding of perimeter and area is very formula-based and their misunderstandings are often based on applying area calculation strategies to a perimeter calculation problem.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. abed@squ.edu.om
Adnan S
AS
Abed
Haitham M
HM
Alkhateeb
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D013334:Students