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    "pk": 31726,
    "title": "Making Mathematical Connections Through Natural Language: A Computer Model of Text Comprehension in Arithmetic Word Problem Understanding",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Understiinding arithmetic word problems involves a\ncomplex interaction of text comprehension jmd\nmathematicjd processes. This work presents a com-\nputer model of the hypothesized processes that are\nrequired of a young student solving arithmetic word\nproblems, including the processes of sentence-level\nreading and text integration. Unlike previous com-\nputer simuLitions of word problem solving, which\nneglect the early stages of text processing, this model\nforces a detailed consideration of the linguistic pro-\ncess, which is being increasingly recognized as a pri-\nmary source of difficulty. Experiments were con-\nducted to isolate critical text comprehension processes.\nChildren's probability of solution was jinalyzed in\nregression jinalyses as a function of the model's text\ncomprehension processes. A variable measuring the\ncombined effects of the load on working m e m o r y and\ntext integration inferences accounted for a significant\nrunount of variance across four grade levels (K-3).\nThe results suggest n e w process-oriented measures of\ndetermining w h y a particular word problem m a y be\ndifficult, especially for young students. A n implica-\ntion for education is the potential for a difficulty-\ndifferentiated network of problems that includes a\nmultiple number of rewordings for each \"traditionjU\"\nproblem wording as an iiid for classroom assessment\nand future computer-based learning environments.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Submitted Presentations",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Mark",
            "middle_name": "D.",
            "last_name": "LeBlanc",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of New Hampshire",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Sylvia",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Weber-Russell",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of New Hampshire",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "1993-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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