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Direct linkEnglard, Lisa – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2010
In a 1981 diagnostic test, the Ministry of Education in Singapore found its country facing a challenge: Only 46 percent of students in grades 2-4 could solve word problems that were presented without such key words as "altogether" or "left." Yet today, according to results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedWatanabe, Tad – Teaching Children Mathematics, 1996
Ben, a good mathematics student, participated in a seven-week study. Describes three tasks that reflect impact of textbooks, real-life connections, and mathematical symbols. Shows that Ben's notion of one-half was task-dependent, concrete, and based on physical actions. (NI)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Fractions, Interviews, Mathematical Concepts
