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Direct linkKwaku Adu-Gyamfi; Kayla Chandler; Anthony Thompson – School Science and Mathematics, 2025
The challenge posed by algebra story problems creates a significant hurdle for many students, transcending both the mathematical content of the problem and the specific instructional background received. This study offers a distinctive contribution to the existing literature by focusing on the cognitive conditions essential for comprehension in…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Barriers, Cognitive Processes
Terri L. Kurz; Mi Yeon Lee – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Recognizing, building, describing, extending, and analyzing patterns are key components of algebraic reasoning. Oftentimes pattern-based instruction is used to support the understanding of functions and variables. In this study, elementary preservice teachers (n = 23) were asked to explore, extend, explain, create equations for, and analyze…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Numbers, Error Patterns
Jones, Dustin L.; Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Sharon, Valerie V.; Swarthout, Mary B. – School Science and Mathematics, 2020
We analyzed the solution pathways and errors found in the written responses of 469 prospective teachers solving an equation containing fractions. The majority (332, or 70%) used an algebraic method; 141 of the 332 (42%) were correct, and 22% of the algebraic methods were abandoned before a solution was obtained. We identified the steps in the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Equations (Mathematics), Fractions, Error Patterns
