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Ansley, Timothy N.; Forsyth, Robert A. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1990
The interaction of reading and computational abilities in solving mathematics word problems was investigated with the responses of about 20,000 fourth graders and 20,000 eighth graders to items from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. Item responses exhibited different types of interaction, a finding with implications for item-response theory…
Descriptors: Computation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4