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Peer reviewedCai, Jinfa – School Science and Mathematics, 1998
Examines 250 sixth-grade students' understanding of arithmetic average by assessing their understanding of the computational algorithm. Results indicate that the majority of the students knew the "add-them-all-up-and-divide" averaging algorithm, but only half of the students were able to correctly apply the algorithm to solve a…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Computation, Concept Formation
