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Ian Thomas Carle – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the implementation of a researcher-created numberless word problem instructional unit designed to introduce second-grade students to word problems in the semantic category of "compare with the word more, smaller unknown." The 10-day instructional unit incorporated three elements:…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Numbers, Grade 2, Elementary School Mathematics
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Swanson, H. Lee; Beebe-Frankenberger, Margaret – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
This study identified cognitive processes that underlie individual differences in working memory (WM) and mathematical problem-solution accuracy in elementary school children at risk and not at risk for serious math difficulties (SMD). A battery of tests was administered that assessed problem solving, achievement, and cognitive processing in…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Elementary School Students, Word Problems (Mathematics)