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ERIC Number: EJ343034
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Children's Inferencing Behavior.
Behr, Merlyn J.; Khoury, Helen Adi
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v17 n5 p369-81 Nov 1986
Fifth graders performed better than third graders on discovering the function rule relating two number pairs. Task difficulty and mode of presentation (graphic or symbolic) varied by function. The children seemed ready to relinquish a hypothesis in the face of disconfirming evidence. (MNS)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Functions (Mathematics), Grade 3, Grade 5, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts, Research Reports
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Mathematics Education Research