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Cincinatus, Ronit Bassan; Sheffet, Malka – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
The ubiquity of the subject of percentages in our everyday life demands that math teachers and pre-service math teachers demonstrate a profound knowledge and thorough understanding of the concept of percentages. This work, which originated from one specific lesson in an 8th grade math class, studies the conceptual understanding and problem-solving…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Shumway, Jessica F.; Westenskow, Arla; Moyer-Packenham, Patricia S. – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe students' use of number sense as they solved story problem tasks. Three 8- and 9-year-old students participated in clinical interviews. Through a process of holistic and qualitative coding, researchers used the number sense view as a theoretical framework for exploring how students' number…
Descriptors: Numbers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving