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Zweng, Marilyn J.; And Others – 1979
This study attempted to identify the things that help elementary school students solve verbal problems. Among the types of things included for examination were: the attributes of problems, the tools used, and the problem transformations that were possible. The summary of findings is comprised of 29 diverse types of statements grouped under four…
Descriptors: Addition, Calculators, Difficulty Level, Division
Plant, Anne – CORE, 1979
Variation in syntactic difficulty in arithmetic problems is studied to determine its influence on students' ability to solve problems correctly. Findings in a study of elementary school students indicated syntactic difficulty affects problem solving ability, regardless of sex (f=fiche number). (MH)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
