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Download full textKnifong, J. Dan; Holtan, Boyd D. – 1976
This paper reports the results of a study in which interviews were conducted with each of 35 sixth graders who made errors that might have been due to reading on the word problem portion of the Metropolitan Achievement Test. To discover evidence of poor reading affecting word problem success, the investigators asked each child to read aloud those…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns, Evaluation, Grade 6
Peer reviewedKnifong, J. Dan; Holtan, Boyd – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1976
Sixth graders wrote solutions to the word problems in the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Errors were analyzed and classified. At least 52 percent of errors were computational or clerical and could not be attributed to reading difficulties. (SD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Error Patterns, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedKnifong, J. Dan; Holtan, Boyd D. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1977
Interviews conducted with each of 35 sixth graders who made errors on the Metropolitan Achievement Test showed little evidence that poor reading abilities affected children's success on word problems. (DT)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
