We examined how children's strategy choices in solving complex subtraction problems are related to grade and to variations in problem complexity. In two studies, third- and fifth-grade children (N≈160 ...

There is debate in the literature regarding how single-digit arithmetic fluency is achieved over development. While the Fact-retrieval hypothesis suggests that with practice, children shift from ...

1 Faculty of Education, Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan. 2 Department of Integrated Psychological Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan. Three second-grade students (YOSHI, TAKU ...

Twenty-four first-grade children were asked to write number sentences and select appropriate alternative number sentences for addition and subtraction word problems. Responses were qualitatively ...

The problem-solving strategies used by schooled and unschooled Nigerian children to solve simple addition and subtraction word problems were studied using clinical interviews to find the effect of ...

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

Background: Most Grade 3 teachers experience challenges when teaching addition and subtraction of word problems in a multilingual classroom that is being taught in the vernacular language. Objectives: ...

Abstract: Computer-assisted instruction systems have been broadly applied to help students solving math word problems. However, these systems offer little help to students encountering multi-step ...

The film features a conversation between a student named Bernard and another person helping him with his math homework. They discuss various math problems, including multiplication and division, while ...