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Spontaneous Focusing on Arabic Number Symbols: A Unique Component of Children's Early Mathematical Development?
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Rathé, Sanne; Torbeyns, Joke; Smedt, Bert De; Verschaffel, Lieven – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2022
Children's spontaneous focusing on Arabic number symbols (SFONS) has been identified as a relevant component of their early mathematical development. This study investigated whether SFONS is a separate construct from spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON) and examined whether it is uniquely related to numerical abilities and mathematics…
Descriptors: Numbers, Symbols (Mathematics), Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
Spontaneous Focusing on Arabic Number Symbols: A Unique Component of Children's Early Mathematical Development?
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Rathé, Sanne; Torbeyns, Joke; De Smedt, Bert; Verschaffel, Lieven – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
Children's spontaneous focusing on Arabic number symbols (SFONS) has been identified as a relevant component of their early mathematical development. This study investigated whether SFONS is a separate construct from spontaneous focusing on numerosity (SFON) and examined whether it is uniquely related to numerical abilities and mathematics…
Descriptors: Numbers, Symbols (Mathematics), Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
Rethinking Learning Trajectories in Light of Student Linguistic Diversity
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Zahner, William; Wynn, Lynda – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2023
Learning trajectory (LT) research in mathematics education has shaped both instructional materials and assessments. But, the body of LT research has also been critiqued for not adequately considering equity and addressing student diversity. This study begins to fill this gap by characterizing the reasoning of 23 multilingual students who…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Learning Trajectories, Multilingualism
Mathematics Teachers' Enactment of Cognitively Demanding Tasks and Students' Perception of Racial Differences in Opportunity
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Munter, Charles; Haines, Cara – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2019
This study examined whether secondary students in an urban school district perceived racial differences in opportunity to be successful in mathematics, whether those perceptions differed between students of color and white students, and the relation of those perceptions to teachers' choice and implementation of mathematical tasks. The results of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Racial Differences
Language and Mathematics - Key Factors Influencing the Comprehension Process in Reality-Based Tasks
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Leiss, Dominik; Plath, Jennifer; Schwippert, Knut – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2019
Solving reality-based tasks is an important goal in mathematics instruction and is anchored in education standards determined by mathematical modeling skills. These tasks demand a serious examination of the real-world as well as text comprehension to successfully solve them. Therefore, this study empirically reconstructed the comprehension process…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Ability, Mathematical Models, Grade 7
Shortcomings of Mathematics Education Reform in the Netherlands: A Paradigm Case?
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Gravemeijer, Koeno; Bruin-Muurling, Geeke; Kraemer, Jean-Marie; van Stiphout, Irene – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2016
This article offers a reflection on the findings of three PhD studies, in the domains of, respectively, subtraction under 100, fractions, and algebra, which independently of each other showed that Dutch students' proficiency fell short of what might be expected of reform in mathematics education aiming at conceptual understanding. In all three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Educational Change, Mathematics Skills