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Hurst, Michelle; Cordes, Sara – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Rational number understanding is a critical building block for success in more advanced mathematics; however, how rational number magnitudes are conceptualized is not fully understood. In the current study, we used a dual-task working memory (WM) interference paradigm to investigate the dominant type of strategy (i.e., requiring verbal WM…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts
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Baig, Shahida; Halai, Anjum – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2006
This research focused on students' learning of mathematical rules with reasoning. A small group of students (age 11-12 yrs) was observed closely by the first author as she taught them fraction rules. The area of focus was fractions and activities were designed pertaining to the four rules of fractions: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standards, Mathematical Logic, Preadolescents