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Peer reviewedBarr, George – Mathematics in School, 1980
The purpose of this report is to make a tentative contribution to the knowledge of students' understanding of the significance of numerical information. The article relates to a study made by the author. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehension, Error Patterns, Number Concepts
Peer reviewedCox, Christopher J. – Mathematics in School, 1983
Ten examples of when the sequences of key presses given in calculator instruction booklets are either inefficient or lead to an incorrect answer are given. (MNS)
Descriptors: Calculators, Computation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBarr, George – Mathematics in School, 1983
Results from testing long division with students from age 11 to Continuing Education were traced. A much higher percentage of wrong answers was given when there was an embedded zero in the answer. (MNS)
Descriptors: Computation, Division, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHart, K. – Mathematics in School, 1983
Findings on ratio and on fractions from a research project on strategies and errors in secondary mathematics are discussed, with typical errors described. Pupils seemed to learn rules without understanding. (MNS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Error Patterns, Fractions, Mathematics Curriculum
