An investigation of the relationships of brain dominance, spatial- visualization ability, attitude toward mathematics, gender, and geometry proficiency test results in high school

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1987

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The search for the instructional strategies that improve student achievement must be directed toward improving the quality of student cognitive process. Although right brain thinking is recognized as contributing to geometric learning and probelm solving in mathematics, there is not much information about hemisphericity in school achievement for high school students. Statement of the Problem: What are the relationships of brain dominance, spatial-visualization ability, attituae toward mathematics, gender, and geometry proficiency test scores among high school students? [...]

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Geometry--Study and teaching, Mathematical ability--Testing, Cerebral dominance

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