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ERIC Number: EJ525168
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
Word Problems: A "Meme" for Our Times.
Leamnson, Robert N.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v25 n6 p427-30 May 1996
Discusses a novel approach to word problems that involves linear relationships between variables. Argues that working stepwise through intermediates is the way our minds actually work and therefore this should be used in solving word problems. (JRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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