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Zachary Himmelsbach; Heather C. Hill; Jing Liu; Dorottya Demszky – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
This study provides the first large-scale quantitative exploration of mathematical language use in U.S. classrooms. Our approach employs natural language processing techniques to describe variation in the use of mathematical language in 1,657 fourth and fifth grade lessons by teachers and students in 317 classrooms in four districts over three…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Mathematics
DeKita G. Moon Rembert – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Many students may find math word problems uninteresting; therefore, lacking the motivation to solve them. The content in most math word problems in use today is outdated, deliberately generic, and does not fully engage students. The development of technologies that personalize math word problems seeks to improve the engagement of students.…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Student Interests, Learner Engagement, Educational Technology
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Crossley, Scott; Liu, Ran; McNamara, Danielle – Grantee Submission, 2017
A number of studies have demonstrated links between linguistic knowledge and performance in math. Studies examining these links in first language speakers of English have traditionally relied on correlational analyses between linguistic knowledge tests and standardized math tests. For second language (L2) speakers, the majority of studies have…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement, English (Second Language), Natural Language Processing
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Andersson, Ulf; Ostergren, Rickard – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The study sought out to extend our knowledge regarding the origin of mathematical learning disabilities (MLD) in children by testing different hypotheses in the same samples of children. Different aspects of cognitive functions and number processing were assessed in fifth- and sixth-graders (11-13 years old) with MLD and compared to controls. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Number Systems, Mathematics Instruction, Short Term Memory