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Direct linkPowell, Sarah R.; Berry, Katherine A.; Barnes, Marcia A. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
Students in the elementary grades often experience difficulty setting up and solving word problems. Using an equation to represent the structure of the problem serves as an effective tool for solving word problems, but students may require specific pre-algebraic reasoning instruction about the equal sign as a relational symbol to set up and solve…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Difficulty Level
