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Carney, Michele B.; Smith, Everett; Hughes, Gwyneth R.; Brendefur, Jonathan L.; Crawford, Angela – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2016
Proportional reasoning is important to students' future success in mathematics and science endeavors. More specifically, students' fluent and flexible use of scalar and functional relationships to solve problems is critical to their ability to reason proportionally. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of systematically…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Mathematical Aptitude
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Weber, Keith; Radu, Iuliana; Mueller, Mary; Powell, Arthur; Maher, Carolyn – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2010
In this paper, we discuss our experiences with an after-school program in which we engaged middle-school students with low socioeconomic status from an urban community in mathematical problem solving. We document that these students participated in many aspects of problem solving, including the posing of problems, constructing justifications,…
Descriptors: School Activities, Mathematics Education, After School Programs, Problem Solving