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Direct linkJarosz, Andrew F.; Jaeger, Allison J. – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2019
Word problems embed a math equation within a short narrative. Due to their structure, both numerical and linguistic factors can contribute to problem difficulty. The present studies explored the role of irrelevant information in word problems, to determine whether its negative impact is due to numerical (foregrounding hypothesis) or linguistic…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Equations (Mathematics), Interference (Learning), Memory
