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Pournara, Craig; Sanders, Yvonne – Africa Education Review, 2020
The transition from arithmetic to algebra is a well-known difficulty in school mathematics. In order to succeed, learners require inter alia a better understanding of algebraic symbols, equality, equations and working with negatives/subtraction. This article reports on a response pattern analysis (RPA) of learners' responses to six test items…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arithmetic, Algebra, Equations (Mathematics)
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Arendasy, Martin; Sommer, Markus; Ponocny, Ivo – Cognition and Instruction, 2005
Simple arithmetic word problems are often featured in elementary school education. One type of problem, "compare with unknown reference set," ranks among the most difficult to solve. Differences in item difficulty for compare problems with unknown reference set are observed depending on the direction of the relational statement (more than vs. less…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Arithmetic, Word Problems (Mathematics), Item Response Theory
Chick, Helen L., Ed.; Vincent, Jill L., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2005
The first volume of the 29th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education contains plenary lecture and research forum papers as listed below. Short oral communications papers, poster presentations, brief summaries of discussion groups, and working sessions are also included in the volume. The plenary…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Elementary School Mathematics, Semiotics, Mathematics Education