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ERIC Number: EJ420533
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-8251
Computational Estimation Performance and Strategies Used by Fifth- and Eighth-Grade Japanese Students.
Reys, Robert E.; And Others
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v22 n1 p39-58 Jan 1991
Computational strategies and estimating abilities of 466 Japanese students were tested and interviews with a subsample of that group were used to compare with a theoretical model based on a sample from the United States. Results of the comparison of computational and estimating abilities are presented. (CW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Comparative Education, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics), Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Education, Middle Schools, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Japan