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Word problems in mathematics education: a survey
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“Despite the ubiquity of word problems, many students find them difficult (Verschaffel et al. 2020;Ku and Sullivan 2000;Walkington et al. 2018;Walkington and Bernacki 2015).”
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“This aligns with findings from Ku and Sullivan (2000) and Verschaffel et al. (2020), where personalization had a positive impact on the outcomes.”
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“Familiar contexts not only improve student engagement and persistence but also enhance their problem-solving abilities (Yee and Bostic 2014;Verschaffel et al. 2020).”
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- Authors
- Verschaffel, L., Schukajlow, S., Star, J., & Van Dooren, W.
- Venue
- ZDM
- Published
- 2020-01-13
- Volume
- 52
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-16
- ISSN
- 1615-679X (ISSN-L)
- 1863-9690
- 1863-9704
- OpenAlex
- W2999565404
- Cited by
- 422
- References
- 95
- FWCI
- 53.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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