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Copur-Gencturk, Yasemin – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2021
Teachers' understanding of the concepts they teach affects the quality of instruction and students' learning. This study used a sample of 303 teachers from across the USA to examine elementary school mathematics teachers' knowledge of key concepts underlying fraction arithmetic. Teachers' explanations were coded based on the accuracy of their…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, Arithmetic, Teaching Methods
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Belin, Mervenur; Akar, Gülseren Karagöz – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2020
The understandings prospective mathematics teachers develop by focusing on quantities and quantitative relationships within real numbers have the potential for enhancing their future students' understanding of real numbers. In this article, we propose an instructional sequence that addresses quantitative relationships for the construction of real…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Number Concepts
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Al Farra, Nabil Kamal; Al Owais, Najla Sultan; Belbase, Shashidhar – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study was to analyze the problem-solving techniques that students in a fifth-grade classroom applied while solving mathematical word problems. Fifth-grade students in a private school with Ministry of Education curricula in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, were given a set of 15-word problems to solve with detailed justifications. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Izsák, Andrew; Jacobson, Erik; Bradshaw, Laine – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2019
We report a novel survey that narrows the gap between information about teachers' knowledge of fraction arithmetic provided, on the one hand, by measures practical to administer at scale and, on the other, by close analysis of moment-to-moment cognition. In particular, the survey measured components that would support reasoning directly with…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Ikhwanudin, Trisno; Suryadi, Didi – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
This research aims to analyze ways of understanding of students with mathematics learning disabilities when learning fraction. The research was conducted in an Inclusive Junior High School in the West Java Province, Indonesia. This study is qualitative, with the single-case (holistic) designs. The case will focus on three students who suspected of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Education
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Boudreaux, Grant; Beslin, Scott – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2013
The purpose of this article is to examine one possible extension of greatest common divisor (or highest common factor) from elementary number properties. The article may be of interest to teachers and students of the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics," beginning with Years 7 and 8, as described in the content descriptions for Number…
Descriptors: Numbers, Foreign Countries, Fractions, Mathematical Formulas
Kingston, Neldon – 1977
The document presents a criterion referenced test of basic math skills, including division, multiplication, addition, subtraction, fractions, decimals, time, and measurement. (DLS)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. Programs and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
The SCOPE Mathematics Achievement Test booklet for grade 6 presents 12 mathematical concepts with instructions for students to take the test with little or no teacher direction. Testing items are: dividing with remainder, up to a six digit dividend by a three digit divisor; using correct order of operations in three-step problems; applying…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions
Northwest Territories Dept. of Education, Yellowknife. Programs and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
The SCOPE Mathematics Achievement Test booklet for grade 5 presents 11 mathematical concepts with instructions for students to take the test with little or no teacher direction. Testing items include: writing number words; reading and writing numerals in sequence from 0.001 to 100,000; adding and subtracting whole numbers; multiplying up to four…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Criterion Referenced Tests, Decimal Fractions, Elementary School Mathematics