Word Problems: Research and Curriculum Reform

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Author(s): Stephen K. Reed
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1999

Language: English
Pages: 232

Cover......Page 1
Word problems: research and curriculum reform......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 14
PART I: KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES......Page 26
2 Learning Rules......Page 28
3 Conceptual Understanding......Page 41
PART II: PROBLEMS......Page 56
4 Elementary Problems......Page 58
5 Multistep Problems......Page 75
6 Algebra Problems......Page 89
PART III: TRANSFER......Page 112
7 Abstracting Solutions......Page 114
8 Adapting Solutions......Page 129
9 Representing Solutions......Page 147
PART IV: IMPORTANT TOPICS IN THE NCTM STANDARDS......Page 162
10 Wor(l)d Problems......Page 164
11 Estimation and Functions......Page 179
12 Curriculum Reform......Page 197
References......Page 216
Author Index......Page 226
Subject Index......Page 230