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Ross, Dan; Reys, Robert; Chavez, Oscar; McNaught, Melissa D.; Grouws, Douglas A. – School Science and Mathematics, 2011
A central goal of secondary mathematics is for students to learn to use powerful algebraic strategies appropriately. Research has demonstrated student difficulties in the transition to using such strategies. We examined strategies used by several thousand 8th-, 9th-, and 10th-grade students in five different school systems over three consecutive…
Descriptors: Algebra, Problem Sets, Problem Solving, Mathematical Applications
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Talbi, Mohamed T. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2003
This study deals with the demand of a task. A theoretical background shows the difficulty of applying the idea of demand (as established in the literature) to the data. This has been confirmed in the preliminary study of this paper, which deals with the analysis of university examinations. Some factors that affect the demand of a task have been…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematical Aptitude, Problem Solving