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The Classic Word Problem: The Influence of Direct Teaching
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Logan, Tracy; Ho, Siew Yin – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
Australian and Singaporean students have been exposed to different forms of teaching due to cultural differences in education. In each country, varying degrees of importance has been placed on explicitly teaching problem-solving heuristics. This paper highlights the different strategies employed by students from each country when solving a word…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Instruction