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ERIC Number: EJ303594
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Computational Estimation Procedures of School Children.
Threadgill-Sowder, Judith
Journal of Educational Research, v77 n6 p332-36 Jul-Aug 1984
The necessity for developing computational estimation procedures has resulted from an increased availability of calculators and microcomputers in the classroom. This article reports on a study of middle school students who were given computational problems to estimate and explain how answers were obtained. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Educational Trends, Estimation (Mathematics), Junior High Schools, Mathematics Instruction
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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