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Channell, Dwayne E.; Laing, Robert A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1988
Presents three reproducible worksheets which contain verbal problem situations in which numerical quantities have been omitted and represented by geometric shapes. The objective of the material is to develop the students' ability to analyze the mathematical structure in verbal problem-solving situations. (PK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Mathematics Curriculum

Puchalska, Ewa; Semadeni, Zbigniew – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1987
Describes an exploratory investigation of how children reacted to problems with missing, surplus or contradictory data. It was found that the majority of children gave unsatisfactory answers to such problems. (PK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Information Seeking