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Voyer, Dominic – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
Many factors influence a student's performance in word (or textbook) problem solving in class. Among them is the comprehension process the pupils construct during their attempt to solve the problem. The comprehension process may include some less formal representations, based on pupils' real-world knowledge, which support the construction of a…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Herman, Jan; Ilucova, Lucia; Kremsova, Veronika; Pribyl, Jiri; Ruppeldtova, Janka; Simpson, Adrian; Stehlikova, Nada; Sulista, Marek; Ulrychova, Michaela – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
Within the large range of potential theoretical perspectives on fractions, this paper considers one particular interpretation: fractions' duality as process and object. By considering the number-fractionbar-number composite symbol as simultaneously representing division and rational, some process-object theories imply that fraction-as-process and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries
Romberg, Thomas A.; And Others – 1970
Presented is the task analysis for "Developing Mathematical Processes, Arithmetic, Book 1: Comparing and Equalizing Objects and Sets." This task analysis consists of identifying the behavioral objectives necessary for comparing and equalizing objects and sets and arranging them in a logical sequence for instruction. The 52 items in this task…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Mathematics