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Verzosa, Debbie Bautista; Mulligan, Joanne – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
This paper reports an intervention phase of a design study aimed to assist second-grade Filipino children in solving addition word problems in English, a language they primarily encounter only in school. With Filipino as the medium of instruction, an out-of-school pedagogical intervention providing linguistic and representational scaffolds was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Subtraction, Linguistics, Elementary School Students
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Jocson, Rosanne M.; Alampay, Liane Pena; Lansford, Jennifer E. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2012
The relations of education, authoritarian child-rearing attitudes, and endorsement of corporal punishment to Filipino parents' reported use of corporal punishment were examined using two waves of data. Structured interviews using self-report questionnaires were conducted with 117 mothers and 98 fathers from 120 families when their children were 8…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mothers, Child Rearing, Interviews
Bautista, Debbie; Mulligan, Joanne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
Young Filipino students are expected to solve mathematical word problems in English, a language that many encounter only in schools. Using individual interviews of 17 Filipino children, we investigated why word problems in English are difficult and the extent to which the language interferes with performance. Results indicate that children could…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Bautista, Debbie; Mitchelmore, Michael; Mulligan, Joanne – Educational Psychology, 2009
Young Filipino children are expected to solve mathematical word problems in English, which is not their mother tongue. Because of this, it is often assumed that Filipino children have difficulties in solving problems because they cannot read or comprehend what they have read. This study tested this assumption by determining whether presenting word…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Word Problems (Mathematics), Subtraction, Young Children