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To Add or to Multiply in Open Problems? Unraveling Children's Relational Preference Using a Mixed-Method Approach
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Degrande, Tine; Verschaffel, Lieven; Van Dooren, Wim – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
Previous research demonstrated that some children inappropriately solve multiplicative missing-value word problems additively, while others inappropriately solve additive missing-value word problems multiplicatively. Besides lacking skills, children's preference for additive or multiplicative relations has been shown to contribute to those errors.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Problem Solving, Multiplication
The Predictive Power of Intuitive Rules: A Critical Analysis of the Impact of "More A--More B" and "Same A--Same B"
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Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk; Weyers, Dave; Verschaffel, Lieven – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2004
In the international community of mathematics and science educators the intuitive rules theory developed by the Israeli researchers Tirosh and Stavy receives much attention. According to this theory, students' responses to a variety of mathematical and scientific tasks can be explained in terms of their application of some common intuitive rules.…
Descriptors: Intuition, Misconceptions, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Tests
An Empirical Test of the Impact of Primitive Intuitive Models of Operations on Solving Word Problems with a Multiplicative Structure.
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De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – Learning and Instruction, 1996
Results of a study involving 107 sixth graders, 107 secondary school students, and 99 college education majors support the basic hypothesis of the intuitive model of solving multiplicative problems proposed by E. Fischbein and others (1985) but show that the theory does not account for all the empirical data. (SLD)
Descriptors: College Students, Education Majors, Educational Theories, Elementary School Students