Sense Making and the Solution of Division Problems Involving Remainders: An Examination of Middle School Students' Solution Processes and Their Interpretations of Solutions.

Silver, Edward A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ478385

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Publication Date: 1993

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Sense Making and the Solution of Division Problems Involving Remainders: An Examination of Middle School Students' Solution Processes and Their Interpretations of Solutions.

Silver, Edward A.; And Others

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, v24 n2 p117-35 Mar 1993

Middle school students' (n=200) solutions to division-with-remainder story problems and their attempts to make sense of their answers were analyzed for evidence that supported or refuted hypothesized semantic-processing models. The models helped explain students' failure to solve these problems in school settings. (Contains 17 references.) (Author/MDH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Division, Heuristics, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Models, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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