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Download full textEnglish, Lyn D.; Doerr, Helen M. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Traditional word problems have not fulfilled the goal of mathematical sense-making for many students. Some studies have shown that authentic contexts, such as model-eliciting tasks, have the potential to engage students in making sense of realistic situations. However, there has been little research on the kinds of knowledge needed by teachers to…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Word Problems (Mathematics), Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
