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ERIC Number: EJ496903
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Children's Concepts of Average and Representativeness.
Mokros, Jan; Russell, Susan Jo
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v26 n1 p20-39 Jan 1995
Interviews with (n=21) fourth, sixth, and eighth graders, who were asked to construct their own notion of average and representativeness in open-ended problems, identified five basic constructions of average as mode, an algorithmic procedure, what is reasonable, midpoint, and a mathematical point of balance. (16 references) (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Interviews, Mathematics Education, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Schemata (Cognition), Secondary School Students, Statistics
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Averaging (Mathematics); Mathematics Education Research; Representations (Mathematics)