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Bao, Lei – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
This paper reports on 73 Grades 3 to 6 students' written responses to equal groups, arrays, multiplicative comparison and Cartesian product word problems. It is part of a larger study relating to students' development of multiplicative thinking (MT). The potential of using multiplicative word problems as a diagnostic assessment to reveal students'…
Descriptors: Addition, Multiplication, Learning Processes, Mathematics Instruction
Michelle Cheung; Bronwyn Reid O’Connor; Ben Zunica – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
Progressing from additive to multiplicative thinking is a key outcome of school mathematics, making ratios an essential topic of study in junior secondary. In this study, 15 Australian Year 8 students were administered a ratio test followed by semi-structured interviews to explore their conceptions of ratio prior to formal instruction. In this…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Foreign Countries, Multiplication