Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
In this new publication, we address the issue of false memories in mathematics and their use in identifying learners' conceptions.
This new research article, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, explores the mental representations underlying arithmetic problem-solving activities. The originality of this study lies in the use of statement recall tasks to assess the representations constructed during arithmetic problem solving. By analyzing participants' false memories of problem statements, , , Lucas Raynal et Emmanuel Sander have highlighted the existence of fundamental differences in statement representation, which explain the difficulties encountered by learners. The results of three converging experiments provide strong empirical evidence in support of the (Semantic Congruence), proposed in 2020 to characterize the processes involved in interpreting and solving mathematical problems with verbal statements.
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Gros, H., Thibaut, Raynal, L., J.-P., & Sander, E. (2024). Revealing mental representations of arithmetic word problems through false memories: New insights into semantic congruence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication.
2 Sept 2024