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Peer reviewedOlson, Melfried – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Features responses to a problem that appeared in the February 2000 issue. (KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement
Peer reviewedMistretta, Regina; Porzio, Joseph A. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2001
Presents activities to incorporate Polya's four-step problem-solving process. (KHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Processes, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedPeled, Zimra; Wittrock, M. C. – Instructional Science, 1990
Discusses how students generate meanings for mathematical word problems, develops a generative predicational model to account for students' comprehension of word problems, and describes an empirical study of Israeli sixth graders that was designed to test the model. Talk aloud protocols of the students are analyzed, and hypotheses tested are…
Descriptors: Coherence, Comprehension, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Download full textEnglish, Lyn D. – 1993
The focus of this report is children's construction and analogical transfer of mathematical knowledge during novel problem solving, as reflected in their strategies for dealing with isomorphic combinatorial problems presented in "hands-on" and written form. Case studies of 9-year-olds, one low and one high achieving in school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analogy, Case Studies, Cognitive Development
