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DeCorte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Using error analysis and individual interviews, the problem-solving actions of first and second graders were analyzed. Shortcomings of children's knowledge and solution strategies were seen to be overcome by instruction. A control group, with usual arithmetic instruction, and an experimental group were established and the hypothesized…
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – 1987
Over the past few years a substantial body of research has yielded evidence that the semantic structure of elementary arithmetic word problems influences children's strategies to solve them. The study reported in this document considered three other task characteristics in addition to semantic structure: (1) the order of presentation of the two…
Descriptors: Addition, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
De Corte, Erik; Verschaffel, Lieven – 1986
Most studies of children's solution processes on simple addition and subtraction word problems have used individual interviews or the analysis of error patterns on paper-and-pencil tests as the primary data-gathering techniques. The present paper reports an investigation in which the contribution of eye-movement data was explored for studying…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics