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Why Do Disadvantaged Filipino Children Find Word Problems in English Difficult?
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Bautista, Debbie; Mulligan, Joanne – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2010
Young Filipino students are expected to solve mathematical word problems in English, a language that many encounter only in schools. Using individual interviews of 17 Filipino children, we investigated why word problems in English are difficult and the extent to which the language interferes with performance. Results indicate that children could…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)