The Role of Fantasy and Real-World Problem Contexts in Fourth- and Sixth-Grade Students' Mathematical Problem Solving [electronic resource] / Lynda R. Wiest.
This study was an investigation of the influence of word-problem context--the nonmathematical, verbal aspect of a problem--on fourth- and sixth-grade students' preferences for and problem solving performance on word problems. Problems were parallel in mathematical structure but differed by majo...
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| Summary: | This study was an investigation of the influence of word-problem context--the nonmathematical, verbal aspect of a problem--on fourth- and sixth-grade students' preferences for and problem solving performance on word problems. Problems were parallel in mathematical structure but differed by major context category--fantasy and real-world. Subcategories were low fantasy, high fantasy, children's real-world, and adults' real world. Students' responses to problems varied more markedly by individual problem than by context category. Problem-solving scores in general were somewhat low. Girls and boys fared equally well, but students in a small town scored significantly lower than those from a small city. (Contains 64 references and 8 tables.) (Author) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED425910. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Diego, CA, April 13-17, 1998). |
| Physical Description: | 28 p. |