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Download full textAlibali, Martha W.; Kao, Yvonne S.; Brown, Alayna N.; Nathan, Mitchell J.; Stephens, Ana C. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2009
This study investigated middle school students' conceptual understanding of algebraic equations. Participants in the study--257 sixth- and seventh-grade students--were asked to solve one set of algebraic equations and to generate story problems corresponding with another set of equations. Structural aspects of the equations, including the number…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Algebra, Secondary School Mathematics, Grade 6
Peer reviewedNesher, Pearla – American Psychologist, 1986
In the study of mathematics instruction the focus has changed from the outcomes of learning to the cognitive processes involved in mathematics learning. This new emphasis presents a serious challenge for curriculum design, but it may also lead to more success for students in learning mathematics. (Author/VM)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1991
This exploratory study applied two new cognitively sensitive measurement models to constructed-response quantitative data. The models, intended to produce qualitative characteristics of examinee performance, were fitted to algebra word problem solutions produced by 285 examinees taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test. The two…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Constructed Response
Cheung, K. C.; And Others – 1991
This collection of four papers deals with problem solving and the measurement of problem solving. "Climbing Up the Competence Ladder: Some Thoughts on Meaningful Assessment of Problem-Solving Tasks in the Classroom" by K. C. Cheung uses the metaphor of a competence ladder to represent the problem-solving continuum with progressive…
Descriptors: Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment
