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Download full textPeng, Aihui; Li, Mengdie; Lin, Lin; Cao, Li; Cai, Jinfa – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
This study examined characteristics of problem posing and its relationship with the teaching experience of elementary school mathematics teachers from ethnic minority areas in the Southwest of China. Eighty-one (N = 81) elementary school mathematics teachers responded to a task-based questionnaire and posed mathematical problems based on given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Minority Group Students
Direct linkJiang, Chunlian; Hwang, Stephen; Cai, Jinfa – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
This study examined 361 Chinese and 345 Singaporean sixth-grade students' performance and problem-solving strategies for solving 14 problems about speed. By focusing on students from two distinct high-performing countries in East Asia, we provide a useful perspective on the differences that exist in the preparation and problem-solving strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedCai, Jinfa; Silver, Edward A. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1995
Only 25% of fifth- and sixth-grade Chinese students (n=186) correctly solved a division-with-remainder computation task, about the same success rate as with American students, and only one-sixth of the students could interpret the result. (MKR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Division, Elementary School Students
