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ERIC Number: EJ478385
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Sense Making and the Solution of Division Problems Involving Remainders: An Examination of Middle School Students' Solution Processes and Their Interpretations of Solutions.
Silver, Edward A.; And Others
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v24 n2 p117-35 Mar 1993
Middle school students' (n=200) solutions to division-with-remainder story problems and their attempts to make sense of their answers were analyzed for evidence that supported or refuted hypothesized semantic-processing models. The models helped explain students' failure to solve these problems in school settings. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Division, Heuristics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Models, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Education Research; Semantic Mapping; Solution Methods (Mathematics)