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Huang, Rongjin; Zhang, Qinqiong; Chang, Yu-ping; Kimmins, Dovie – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Solving word problems is challenging in elementary schools, both for the teacher in teaching students to solve word problems and for the student in learning to solve them. This paper examines how the ideas of learning trajectory and variation pedagogy could be integrated as an instructional principle for teaching this content in the context of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools
Preston, Angela Irene – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Over the last two decades, students in Singapore consistently scored above students from other nations on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS; Provasnik et al., 2012). In contrast, students in the United States have not performed as well on international and national mathematics assessments and students with…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, At Risk Students