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ERIC Number: EJ675347
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1954
Situation Model, Text Base and What Else? Factors Affecting Problem Solving.
Nesher, Pearla; Hershkovitz, Sara; Novotna, Jarmila
Educational Studies in Mathematics, v52 n2 p151-76 2003
Identifies factors affecting problem solving strategies in the case of a multiplicative comparative situation involving three unknown quantities whose sum is known, and in which comparison relations between two pairs of the quantities are given. Proposes a model of the complexity of a word problem about such situation to analyze solution strategies by teachers and 15-year-old students. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Instructional Materials, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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