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Andrea S. Wisenöcker; Marcel Mayr; Cornelia S. Große – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Providing realistic solutions for word problems proves to be challenging. A possible explanation is the influence of individual's expectations and beliefs about word problems. This explanation was tested in the present study in an out-of-school context. Specifically, the study assessed effects of (1) prompting participants to make realistic…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Thinking Skills, Expectation