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Peer reviewedRoth, Wolff-Michael – Cognition and Instruction, 1996
Examined eighth graders' approaches to contextual word problems. Subjects were observed in two situations: open-inquiry field studies that included production of convincing representations (inscriptions) to support students' findings and; word problems with stories and student-produced data based on field studies. Analysis of mathematical…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Effect, Early Adolescents, Elementary School Mathematics
