Using Retelling Data to Study Elementary School Children's Representations and Solutions of Compare Problems.

Verschaffel, Lieven

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ERIC Number: EJ491794

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Publication Date: 1994

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Using Retelling Data to Study Elementary School Children's Representations and Solutions of Compare Problems.

Verschaffel, Lieven

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v25 n2 p141-65 Mar 1994

Reports on a study in which (n=40) fifth graders solved and retold one-step compare word problems. Students performed better, had shorter response times, and retold problems correctly more frequently on consistent-language problems than on inconsistent-language problems. (Contains 36 references.) (MKR)

Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Language Processing, Language Usage, Learning Theories, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Subtraction, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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