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Download full textHannula, Markku S. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Based on a survey of 3067 Finnish 5th and 7th graders and a task-based interview of 20 7th graders we examine student's understanding of fraction. Two tasks frame a specific fraction (3/4) in different contexts: as part of an eight-piece bar (area context) and as a location on a number line. The results suggest that students' understanding of…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 5, Foreign Countries
Nurmi, Anu; Hannula, Markku; Maijala, Hanna; Pehkonen, Erkki – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
In this paper we will concentrate on pupils' self-confidence in mathematics, which belongs to pupils' mathematical beliefs in themselves, and beliefs on achievement in mathematics. Research described consists of a survey of more than 3000 fifth-graders and seventh-graders. Furthermore, 40 pupils participated in a qualitative follow-up study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Followup Studies, Mathematics Anxiety
