Reflection on Word Problems in Mathematics
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Word Problems in Mathematics: Teaching/Student Strategies to Comprehend Word Problems Survey
References
- Pennequin, V, Sorel, O, Nanty, I , & Fontaine, R (2010). Metacognition and low achievement in mathematics: The effect of training in the use of metacognitive skills to solve mathematical word problems. Thinking and Reasoning, 16(3), 198-220.
- Kajamies, A, Vauras, M, & Kinnunen, R (2010). Instructing Low-Acheivers in Mathematical Word Problem Solving.Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 54(4), 335-355.
- Gerofsky, S (2010). The impossibility of 'real-life' word problems (according to Bakhtin, Lacan, Zizeck, and Baudrillard).Discourse: Students in the Cultural Politics of Education, 31(1), 61-73.
- Metacognition Tool Kit. Retrieved 12/5/11, from www.readingresource.net/support-files/metacognitionyoolkitrevised.pdf
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