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The Effect of Emphasising the Realistic Modelling Complexity in the Text or Picture on Pupils' Realistic Solutions of P-Items
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Weyns, Anke; Van Dooren, Wim; Dewolf, Tinne; Verschaffel, Lieven – Educational Psychology, 2017
We investigated the effect of emphasising the realistic modelling complexity in text or in the accompanying picture on the solution of P-items, in relation to pupils' grade. 290 pupils from the 5th and 6th grade of various elementary schools in Flanders (Belgium) made a paper-and-pencil task with 7 word problems that are problematic from a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Word Problems (Mathematics), Elementary School Students
Just Answering... or Thinking? Contrasting Pupils' Solutions and Classifications of Missing-Value Word Problems
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Van Dooren, Wim; De Bock, Dirk; Vleugels, Kim; Verschaffel, Lieven – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2010
Upper primary school children often routinely apply proportional methods to missing-value problems, even when it is inappropriate. We tested whether this tendency could be weakened if children were not required to produce computational answers to such problems. A total of 75 sixth graders were asked to classify 9 word problems of three types (3…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Classification, Word Problems (Mathematics), Grade 6
Teachers' Approaches towards Word Problem Solving: Elaborating or Restricting the Problem Context
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Depaepe, Fien; De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
This contribution reports about a seven-month long video-based study in two regular Flemish sixth-grade mathematics classrooms. The focus is on teachers' approaches towards problem solving. In our analysis we distinguished between a paradigmatic-oriented (focus on the mathematical structure) and a narrative-oriented (focus on the contextual…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Learning Bad and Good Things from Instruction: A European Perspective.
De Corte, Erik; And Others – 1996
This paper reports on five related studies on upper elementary school students' beliefs about the role of real-world knowledge in solving mathematical word problems, and on possibilities of overcoming their unrealistic mathematical modeling. Findings from the first study of 75 Belgian fifth-grade students showed that as a consequence of current…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
Proceedings of the Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (30th, Prague, Czech Republic, July 16-21, 2006). Volume 2
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Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the second volume of the proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 60 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Abr…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Textbooks
Proceedings of the Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (30th, Prague, Czech Republic, July 16-21, 2006). Volume 1
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Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction