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Cognitive Skills And Mathematics Problem-Solving Performance, Ardyth C. Foster Phd

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Geared towards teacher educators and elementary and middle-school mathematics teachers, the findings of a study that explored relationships between students’ cognitive skills and their mathematics problem-solving performance will be presented. The existing complexities within this area, along with the potential implications for collaboration among students and their teachers/peers, and for appropriate and effective pedagogical decision making, will be discussed.

By addressing possible relationships between students’ cognitive skill strengths and skill-based assessment methods, this presentation will provide opportunities for exploring and discussing potential impacts on teaching and assessment methods that are geared towards students’ learning strategies/styles, and that engage students in …