Word Problem Solving Tasks in Textbooks and Their Relation to Student Performance

By Yan Ping Xin. 2007

110 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Statistics and Probability

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Dake Zhang
2. A. Wijaya
3. Yan Ping Xin
4. Yan Zhu

In Education

1. Dake Zhang
2. Zhenzhen Miao
3. Lianghuo Fan
4. A. Wijaya
5. Yan Ping Xin
6. Yan Zhu
7. Denisse R. Thompson
8. G. Johnson

In Statistics and Probability

1. Dake Zhang
2. A. Wijaya
3. Yan Ping Xin
4. S. Senk
5. Lianghuo Fan
6. Asha K. Jitendra
7. Keith Jones
8. T. Fujita

Citations in the corpus

• A Follow-Up Meta-analysis for Word-Problem-Solving Interventions for Students with Mathematics Difficulties (2012, background): “These calls for algebra readiness or early introduction of algebra concepts in elementary curriculum have been applied to general education (Earnest & Balti, 2008; Xin, 2007).”
• The Effect of Schema-Based Instruction in Solving Mathematics Word Problems: An Emphasis on Prealgebraic Conceptualization of Multiplicative Relations (2008, background): “Whether curriculum (specifically textbooks) and instruction provide students with opportunities to solve a range of problem types may directly impact students' ability to tackle such tasks (Xin, 2007).”
• Textbook research in mathematics education: development status and directions (2013, background): “Concerning learning opportunities offered in mathematics textbooks and their effects on the learning outcomes, Xin (2007) tested 57 US and 54 Chinese students with learning difficulties and correlated their performance with the distributions of various types of word problems in the textbooks used…”
• Opportunities to Learn Reasoning and Proof in High School Mathematics Textbooks (2012, background): “We are not aware of any research examining relations between the nature or extent of proof-related reasoning in textbooks and students’ ability to develop or evaluate arguments, although there is some research investigating relations between word-problem-solving tasks in textbooks and students’ achi”
• The Relationships between Indonesian Fourth Graders' Difficulties in Fractions and the Opportunity to Learn Fractions: A Snapshot of TIMSS Results. (2017, background): “Several studies revealed a relation between students’ performance and the content of textbooks they read (see: Tornroos, 2005; Wijaya et al., 2015; Xin, 2007).”