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Peer reviewedMuth, K. Denise – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This study added extraneous information and increased syntactical complexity to determine the relative importance of computational and reading abilities in solving arithmetic word problems. Analyzing tests of 200 sixth graders indicated the combined abilities accounted for 54 percent of the variance in solution accuracy. (BS)
Descriptors: Computation, Difficulty Level, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
