Solving Mathematical Word Problems: Integrating Frames of Reference and World Models.

Hashway, Robert M.; Hashway, Susan E.

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ERIC Number: EJ428356

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Publication Date: 1990

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Solving Mathematical Word Problems: Integrating Frames of Reference and World Models.

Hashway, Robert M.; Hashway, Susan E.

Forum for Reading, v21 n2 p32-38 Spr-Sum 1990

Reports the results of an observational study concerning mathematical word problems to provide direction for others contemplating analyses of student difficulties from a theory base. Finds that most students experience difficulties in applying past experience, knowledge, and the language of mathematics to form internal world models. (PRA)

Descriptors: Case Studies, College Mathematics, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Models, Naturalistic Observation, Problem Solving, Remedial Mathematics, Theory Practice Relationship, Word Problems (Mathematics)

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