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Chapman, Olive – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This paper reports on a study of mathematics teachers' thinking in the teaching of contextual or word problems [WP] with particular focus on teachers' conceptions of WP and the relationship to teaching. The 20 participants included Grades 1-12 preservice and inservice teachers. Data consisted of interviews and classroom observations. The findings…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Word Problems (Mathematics), Mathematics Teachers