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Brissiaud, Remi; Sander, Emmanuel – Developmental Science, 2010
Before instruction, children solve many arithmetic word problems with informal strategies based on the situation described in the problem. A Situation Strategy First framework is introduced that posits that initial representation of the problem activates a situation-based strategy even after instruction: only when it is not efficient for providing…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mental Computation, Word Problems (Mathematics), Arithmetic