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Word problems: a review of linguistic and numerical factors contributing to their difficulty
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Word problems (WPs) belong to the most difficult and complex problem types that pupils encounter during their elementary-level mathematical development. In the classroom setting, they are often viewed as merely arithmetic tasks; however, recent research shows that a number of linguistic verbal components not directly related to arithmetic contribute greatly to their difficulty. In this review, we will distinguish three components of WP difficulty: (i) the linguistic complexity of the problem text itself, (ii) the numerical complexity of the arithmetic problem, and (iii) the relation between the linguistic and numerical complexity of a problem. We will discuss the impact of each of these factors on WP difficulty and motivate the need for a high degree of control in stimuli design for experiments that manipulate WP difficulty for a given age group.
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- Daroczy, G., Wolska, M., Meurers, W. D., & Nuerk, H.-C.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2015-04-01
- Volume
- 06
- Pages
- 348-348
- ISSN
- 1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
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- W2071272561
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- 256
- References
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- FWCI
- 7.01
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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