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The Effects of Language and Schooling on the Solution of Simple Word Problems by Nigerian Children. A Report from the Project Using the Microcomputer to Teach Problem-Solving Skills. Program Report 85-17.
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Adetula, Lawal O. – 1985
This cross-sectional study investigated the problem-solving strategies used by schooled and unschooled Nigerian children to solve simple addition and subtraction problems. The purpose of the study was to: (1) verify with Nigerian children, models of the knowledge and strategies underlying children's solutions to simple word problems; (2) test the…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics