Walter C Millanzi, S M Kibusi
Exploring the effect of problem based facilitatory teaching approach on motivation to learn: a quasi-experimental study of nursing students in Tanzania
BMC nursing
many people apply larger arealarger perimeter rule solve perimeter comparison problems even situations intuitive rule misleading investigate whether inhibitory control needed perimeter comparison reasoning whether efficiency inhibitory control varies students ages achievements designed negative priming paradigm conducted two experiments experiment 1 negative priming effect observed chinese primary school students n 123 college students n 42 solving perimeter comparison task experiment 2 n 86 found negative priming effect existed highachieving lowachieving primary school students magnitude effect appeared smaller highachieving students results imply success solving geometry quantitative problems requires ability inhibit larger arealarger perimeter intuition situations also highachieving students capable