时代新罗马的测试:字体类型对数学表现的影响
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan1,2, Lilly-Beth D Linnell2, Cindy Trac2
1Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, No 10, Lo Ping Rd, Ting Kok, Hong Kong.
概括
字体选择会影响数学表现. 与卡拉姆和手写字体相比,Times New Roman在等价任务上的准确性下降,影响了数学处理.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 人与计算机的交互
背景情况:
- 数学教材使用不同的字体,但字体类型对学生成绩的影响还未得到充分研究.
- 了解字体效应对于优化教育材料和学习环境至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查不同字体类型如何影响本科生数学表现.
- 评估时代新罗马,卡拉姆和手写字体对各种数学任务的准确性和响应时间的影响.
主要方法:
- 121名本科生参加了一个小时的在线研究.
- 参与者在三个字体条件之一下完成了三个数学任务 (感知数学等价,错误识别,方程解决).
- 通过准确性和响应时间来衡量性能.
主要成果:
- 使用时代新罗马字体的学生在感知数学等效任务上的准确性低于使用卡拉姆字体或手写字体的学生.
- 对于识别错误或解决方程的任务,在字体条件之间没有观察到显著的性能差异.
结论:
- 字体类型可以影响数学表现,特别是在需要判断表达式等价性的任务中.
- 在设计和向学生展示数学内容时,教育工作者和研究人员应考虑字体选择.
- 字体选择可能会影响学生的数学处理和整体学术成绩.
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