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Prevailing Educational Practices for Area Measurement and Students' Failure in Measuring Areas
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Zacharos, Konstantinos – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2006
The present research was carried out with the participation of 106 students in their last grade in Elementary School and revealed certain problems that these students faced in understanding the concept of area measurement. The students in the sample persisted on using measurement strategies that often led to failure. Our research plan comprises a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Educational Practices, Measurement