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Obersteiner, Andreas; Bernhard, Matthias; Reiss, Kristina – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2015
Understanding contingency table analysis is a facet of mathematical competence in the domain of data and probability. Previous studies have shown that even young children are able to solve specific contingency table problems, but apply a variety of strategies that are actually invalid. The purpose of this paper is to describe primary school…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Intuition, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
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Sumarto, Sylvana Novilia; van Galen, Frans; Zulkardi, H.; Darmawijoyo, D. – International Education Studies, 2014
In Indonesia, proportion is being taught formally in Grade 5 (10-11 years old). However, the existing learning approach does not support the development of the students' proportional reasoning. The way to teach proportion by giving cross multiplication is not meaningful for the students. They just memorize the procedure without understanding how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Logical Thinking, Intuition, Grade 4