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Direct linkWeyns, Anke; Van Dooren, Wim; Dewolf, Tinne; Verschaffel, Lieven – Educational Psychology, 2017
We investigated the effect of emphasising the realistic modelling complexity in text or in the accompanying picture on the solution of P-items, in relation to pupils' grade. 290 pupils from the 5th and 6th grade of various elementary schools in Flanders (Belgium) made a paper-and-pencil task with 7 word problems that are problematic from a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Word Problems (Mathematics), Elementary School Students
Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk.; Hessels, An; Janssens, Dirk; Verschaffel, Lieven – Learning and Instruction, 2004
Already at a very young age, children experience the wide applicability and intrinsic simplicity of linear/proportional relations. In primary and secondary school mathematics education, moreover, extensive attention is paid to this type of relations. In the long run, students develop the misbelief that each relation can be quantified as…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 8, Experiments
