Sense Making and the Solution of Division Problems Involving Remainders: An Examination of Middle School Students' Solution Processes and Their Interpretations of Solutions

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Silver ◽  
Lora J. Shapiro ◽  
Adam Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
Solution Processes ◽  
Division Problems

Sense Making and the Solution of Division Problems Involving Remainders: An Examination of Middle School Students' Solution Processes and Their Interpretations of Solutions

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward A. Silver ◽  
Lora J. Shapiro ◽  
Adam Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Semantic Processing ◽  
Mathematical Thinking ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
School Students ◽  
Solution Processes ◽  
Division Problems ◽  
Division With Remainder

In this study, about 200 middle school students solved an augmented-quotient division-with-remainders problem, and their solution processes and interpretations were examined. Based on earlier research, semantic-processing models were proposed to explain students' success or failure in solving division-with-remainder story problems on the basis of the presence or absence of an adequate interpretation provided by the solver after obtaining a numerical solution. In this study, students' solutions and their attempts and failures to “make sense” of their answers were analyzed for evidence that supported or refuted the hypothesized semantic-processing models. The results confirmed that the models provide a solid explanation of students' failure to solve division-with-remainder problems in school settings. More generally, the results indicated that student performance was adversely affected by their dissociation of sense making from the solution of school mathematics problems and their difficulty in providing written accounts of their mathematical thinking and reasoning.

scholarly journals Navigating and decoding dynamic maps: Gender preferences and engagement differences within- and outside-of game experiences

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Lowrie ◽  
Robyn Jorgensen ◽  
Tracy Logan
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Game Playing ◽  
Gender Preferences ◽  
School Students ◽  
Stimulated Recall

<p>A survey (<em>n</em> = 410) revealed statistically significant gender differences between middle school students' preference for playing particular types of games. Subsequent instrumental case studies theorised the "within-game" and "out-of-game" experiences of two middle school students as they played a digital hand-held game. These two case studies comprised stimulated recall sessions and subsequent follow-up, open-ended interviews. The analysis described the influence digital game playing can have on a participant's mathematics sense making. Findings included distinct differences in both the approach and the strategies employed by the respective participants to not only engage with the game, but contextualise it within their own knowledge and experiences. Furthermore, the study demonstrated the extent to which game playing can be a catalyst for further learning outside the game experience.</p><br />

Traumatic experiences and associated symptomatology in Asian American middle school students.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-223
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Davies-Mercier ◽  
Michelle W. Woodbridge ◽  
W. Carl Sumi ◽  
S. Patrick Thornton ◽  
Katrina D. Roundfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
School Students

Longitudinal Effects of School Climate on Middle School Students' Development

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. Engelland ◽  
Renee M. Tobin ◽  
Adena B. Meyers ◽  
Brenda J. Huber ◽  
W. Joel Schneider ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
School Climate ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Longitudinal Effects

Perceived Social Support and Middle School Students' School Adjustment

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Geun Kim ◽  
Yejin Lee ◽  
Bo-Ra Song ◽  
Hyunah Lee ◽  
Jung Eun Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Middle School ◽  
Middle School Students ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
School Adjustment ◽  
School Students
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