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Nisbet, Steven; Langrall, Cynthia; Mooney, Edward – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2007
The results of the study reported in this article found that primary-aged students used context knowledge in three broad ways: (1) to rationalise the data or their interpretations; (2) in taking a critical stance toward the data; and (3) in ways that were not necessarily productive or pertinent in addressing the task at hand. When teaching…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Familiarity, Data Analysis, Literacy