Conceptual understanding of the arithmetic mean


Authors: 
Leon, M. R., & Zawojewski, J. S.
Category: 
Pages: 
12-Jan
Year: 
1990
Publisher: 
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April
Place: 
Atlanta
Abstract: 

The present study had four purposes: a) to investigate children and adults' understanding of four component properties of the arithmetic mean, b) to determine the relative difficulty of these four component properties of the mean, c) to determine the differential potential of varied problem formats to facilitate understanding of the arithmetic mean, and d) to discuss differences between different types of methods for contributing to research about, and investigating understanding of the arithmetic mean.

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