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Clivaz, Stéphane; Miyakawa, Takeshi – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2020
This paper reports the results of an international comparative study conducted in Switzerland and Japan of an elementary school mathematics lesson. The principal aim of the study was to advance understanding of the cultural specificities of a mathematics lesson in its totality using concrete examples of lesson design and implementation and of how…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Student Projects, Elementary School Students
Blanton, Maria; Isler-Baykal, Isil; Stroud, Rena; Stephens, Ana; Knuth, Eric; Gardiner, Angela Murphy – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
We share here results from a quasi-experimental study that examines growth in students' algebraic thinking practices of generalizing and representing generalizations, particularly with variable notation, as a result of an early algebra instructional sequence implemented across grades 3--5. Analyses showed that, while there were no significant…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Di Martino, Pietro – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
Educators and several national standards highlight the role that problem solving should play in students' mathematics education: problem solving is recognized as one of the most significant activities of doing mathematics. From the research point of view, nowadays, it is well established that cognitive and affective factors come into play in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Comparative Analysis, Problem Solving
Robertson, Sally-Ann; Graven, Mellony – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2019
This paper illuminates challenges confronting teachers and students at the literacy/numeracy interface in contexts where students have not developed sufficient English language proficiency to be learning mathematics through English but, due to socio-politically and economically driven perceptions are being taught in English. We analyse transcript…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Chimoni, Maria; Pitta-Pantazi, Demetra; Christou, Constantinos – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2018
The aim of this study is to better understand the notion of early algebraic thinking by describing differences in grade 4-7 students' thinking about basic algebraic concepts. To achieve this goal, one test that involved generalized arithmetic, functional thinking, and modeling tasks, was administered to 684 students from these grades. Quantitative…
Descriptors: Algebra, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Markovits, Zvia; Forgasz, Helen – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
The aim of this study was to explore the beliefs of elementary school students about mathematics and about themselves as mathematics learners. The participants, Israeli grade 4 and grade 6 students, completed questionnaires. Using an "animal metaphor" to tap beliefs, some students perceived mathematics as difficult and complicated, while…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Knapp, Andrea; Landers, Racheal; Liang, Senfeng; Jefferson, Vetrece – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2017
The researchers in this study investigated the impact of mathematics-focused parental involvement on Kindergarten to Grade 8 children and parents as well as factors prompting that impact. Qualitative analysis consisting of parent, child, and teacher interviews and 3-year quantitative testing showed significant improvements in students' mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Parent Participation, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Tunç-Pekkan, Zelha – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2015
It is now well known that fractions are difficult concepts to learn as well as to teach. Teachers usually use circular pies, rectangular shapes and number lines on the paper as teaching tools for fraction instruction. This article contributes to the field by investigating how the widely used three external graphical representations (i.e., circle,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods, Graphs
Fagnant, Annick; Vlassis, Joëlle – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
While the value of "schematic representations" in problem solving requires no further demonstration, the way in which students should be taught how to construct these representations invariably gives rise to various debates. This study, conducted on 146 grade 4 students in Luxembourg, analyzes the effect of two types of "schematic…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Schemata (Cognition)
van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Marja; Kolovou, Angeliki; Robitzsch, Alexander – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
In this study we investigated the role of a dynamic online game on students' early algebra problem solving. In total 253 students from grades 4, 5, and 6 (10-12 years old) used the game at home to solve a sequence of early algebra problems consisting of contextual problems addressing covarying quantities. Special software monitored the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Maschietto, Michela; Bartolini Bussi, Maria G. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
This paper reports a part of a study on the construction of mathematical meanings in terms of development of semiotic systems (gestures, speech in oral and written form, drawings) in a Vygotskian framework, where artefacts are used as tools of semiotic mediation. It describes a teaching experiment on perspective drawing at primary school (fourth…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Grade 5, Mathematics Instruction, Semiotics
Torbeyns, Joke; De Smedt, Bert; Ghesquiere, Pol; Verschaffel, Lieven – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2009
This study aimed at analysing traditionally taught children's acquisition and use of shortcut strategies in the number domain 20-100. One-hundred-ninety-five second, third, and fourth graders of different mathematical achievement levels participated in the study. They were administered two tasks, both consisting of a series of two-digit additions…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
Tarim, Kamuran; Akdeniz, Fikri – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2008
This study was designed to compare the effects of Team Assisted Individualization (TAI) and Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD) on fourth grade students' academic achievement in and attitudes towards mathematics. Seven classes of a school were randomly selected for this experimental study. Two of these were given instruction through TAI;…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement
Moseley, Bryan – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2005
This study examined changes in 26 fourth-grade students' early conceptions of rational number representations as a function of receiving one of two curricular interventions. The first group of 12 students received a curriculum that emphasized constructing knowledge through extended problem solving with a single perspective of the rational number…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Numbers, Elementary School Students, Grade 4