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Peer reviewedBrown, Margaret; Kuchemann, Dietmar – Mathematics in School, 1977
Children between the ages of 10 and 13 were asked to write stories to accompany five computational problems. Stories were scored for suitability and it was found that students were most successful on subtraction and least successful on multiplication stories. Scores on this test correlated with mathematics achievement scores. (SD)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Educational Research
