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Kallai, Arava Y.; Schunn, Christian D.; Ponting, Andrea L.; Fiez, Julie A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The aim of this study was to test a training program intended to fine-tune the mental representations of double-digit numbers, thus increasing the discriminability of such numbers. The authors' assumption was that increased fluency in math could be achieved by improving the analogic representations of numbers. The study was completed in the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Numbers, Achievement Gains
Edwards, Sharon A.; Maloy, Robert W.; Anderson, Gordon – Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, 2009
"Math is language, too," Phyllis and David Whitin (2000) remind everyone in their informative book about reading and writing in the mathematics classroom. This means that students in elementary school math classes are learning two distinct, yet related languages--one of numbers, the other of words. These languages of numbers and words…
Descriptors: Numbers, Word Problems (Mathematics), Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers