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ERIC Number: EJ553109
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0959-4752
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Every Word Problem Has a Solution--The Social Rationality of Mathematical Modelling in Schools.
Reusser, Kurt; Stebler, Rita
Learning and Instruction, v7 n4 p309-27 Dec 1997
Two experiments involving 67 elementary school and 439 high school students show that students present solutions to many unsolvable problems without showing realistic reactions. Results are discussed with respect to the quality of word problems in teaching mathematics, the culture of teaching and learning, and the issue of social rationality in mathematics problem solving. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics Instruction, Models, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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