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Download full textRomberg, Thomas A.; Collis, Kevin F. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether children in grade 3 who differ in cognitive processing capacity add and subtract differently. The researchers drew upon information from three sources: individual results from a battery of 14 tests, an objective-referenced achievement test measuring a variety of arithmetic skills related to…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Cognitive Processes, Computation
Peer reviewedRomberg, Thomas A.; Collis, Kevin F. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1985
Determined whether 11 third-grade children, differing in cognitive processing capacity, solve addition and subtraction word problems differently. Results, among others, show that children who differ in cognitive processing capacity also differ in strategies they use to solve the same verbal problems and differ in their success in finding correct…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Educational Research
