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Chinese and Singaporean Sixth-Grade Students' Strategies for Solving Problems about Speed
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Jiang, Chunlian; Hwang, Stephen; Cai, Jinfa – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
This study examined 361 Chinese and 345 Singaporean sixth-grade students' performance and problem-solving strategies for solving 14 problems about speed. By focusing on students from two distinct high-performing countries in East Asia, we provide a useful perspective on the differences that exist in the preparation and problem-solving strategies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction
The Whole Story: Understanding Fraction Computation
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Dixon, Juli K.; Tobias, Jennifer M. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2013
What does it look like to "understand" operations with fractions? The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) uses the term "understand" when describing expectations for students' knowledge related to each of the fraction operations within grades 4 through 6 (CCSSI 2010). Furthermore, CCSSM elaborates that…
Descriptors: Computation, Arithmetic, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Reprint of "The Reading Problem in Arithmetic."
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Terry, Paul W. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
Methods used by adults to read numerals were investigated by asking graduate students in education to read and solve mathematics problems. Eye movement studies noted reading patterns. Distinct first reading and rereading phases and two distinct methods of reading numerals were identified. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Arithmetic, Eye Movements, Graduate Students