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ERIC Number: EJ270205
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Nov
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Strategy Use and Estimation Ability of College Students.
Levine, Deborah R.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v13 n5 p350-59 Nov 1982
Relations among the number and types of strategies used by 89 college students when estimating, quantitative ability, and computational estimation ability were investigated. Students of relatively high quantitative ability were found to be better estimators and used more strategy types. (MP)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Educational Research, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mental Computation, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Estimation; Mathematics Education Research