Drawings for Story Problems: Practices in Japan and the United States.

Shigematsu, Keiichi; Sowder, Larry

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ERIC Number: EJ491832

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Publication Date: 1994

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Drawings for Story Problems: Practices in Japan and the United States.

Shigematsu, Keiichi; Sowder, Larry

Arithmetic Teacher, v41 n9 p544-47 May 1994

Compares the practice of using drawings in story problems in Japan and the United States and includes recommendations for teachers in the United States. (Contains 14 references.) (MKR)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Ethnomathematics, Foreign Countries, Heuristics, Illustrations, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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