Abstract

Discusses how students generate meanings for mathematical word problems, develops a generative predicational model to account for students' comprehension of word problems, and describes an empirical study of Israeli sixth graders that was designed to test the model. Talk aloud protocols of the students are analyzed, and hypotheses tested are discussed. (51 references) (LRW)

Citation

Peled, Z. & Wittrock, M.C. (1990). Generated Meanings in the Comprehension of Word Problems in Mathematics. Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 19(3), 171-205. Retrieved January 21, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/164400/.

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Keywords

• Coherence
• comprehension
• Difficulty Level
• elementary education
• Foreign Countries
• Grade 6
• Hypothesis Testing
• Learning Processes
• models
• problem solving
• Regression (Statistics)
• Tables (Data)
• Word Problems (Mathematics)