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Direct linkHilton, Annette; Hilton, Geoff; Dole, Shelley; Goos, Merrilyn – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2016
Proportional reasoning, the ability to use ratios in situations involving comparison of quantities, is essential for mathematical competence, especially in the middle school years, and is an important determinant of success beyond school. Research shows students find proportional reasoning and its foundational concepts difficult. Proportional…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills, Middle School Students, Mathematical Logic
Irwin, Kathryn C.; Britt, Murray S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2005
The New Zealand Ministry of Education has introduced a Numeracy Project for students aged 5-14 years in selected schools. The project encourages the adoption of flexible strategies for solving numerical problems, and discourages reliance on standard computational algorithms. One potential benefit of the project is that the methods students acquire…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Algebra, Mathematics Education
