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Direct linkCopur-Gencturk, Yasemin – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2021
Teachers' understanding of the concepts they teach affects the quality of instruction and students' learning. This study used a sample of 303 teachers from across the USA to examine elementary school mathematics teachers' knowledge of key concepts underlying fraction arithmetic. Teachers' explanations were coded based on the accuracy of their…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedGliner, Gail S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
Elementary education students (n=141) were asked to estimate answers to 25 arithmetic problems. Half were presented the problems in an application (word problem) format, and the other half received the same problems in a computational format. Results indicated higher success levels with the applied format which is contradictory to previous results…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematical Applications
Peer reviewedNesher, Pearla; Hershkovitz, Sara – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1994
Studied schemes involved in solving two-step arithmetic word problems in (n=1824) elementary schoolchildren in Israel. Compound schemes and combinations of operations were found to affect the difficulty level of the problems. Appendix includes two versions of the test instrument. (Contains 17 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Division, Elementary Education
