In Volume III, as in Volumes I and II, the classic topics of reading are included--from
vocabulary and comprehension to reading instruction in the classroom--and, in addition …

Despite current research efforts in mathematics and science problem solving that emphasize
situated and socially mediated approaches to solving authentic, complex problems, story …

This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date look at problem solving research and
practice over the last fifteen years. The first chapter describes differences in types of …

In this book, Walter Kintsch presents a theory of human text comprehension and extends his
analysis to related areas. Comprehension is conceptualized as a two-stage process: first …

This article explores how differences in problem representations change both the
performance and underlying cognitive processes of beginning algebra students engaged in …

What does it mean to understand a physics equation? The use of formal expressions in
physics is not just a matter of the rigorous and routinized application of principles, followed …

UR TITLE is deliberately am biguous. In one interpretation," practicing representation" re fers
to a kind of exercise that is required of students, espe cially in mathematics and science …

The introduction of school algebra can take many different directions: the rules for
transforming and solving equations (to which current teaching often reduces algebra), the …

To define better techniques of mathematics education, this book combines a knowledge of
cognitive science with mathematics curriculum theory and research. The concept of the …

A tutoring approach is derived from a model of problem comprehension, based on the van
Dijk and Kintsch (1983; Kintsch, 1988) theory of discourse processing. A problem statement …