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A clinical investigation into fourth class pupils’ mathematical problem solving approaches

In November 1998, the Department of Education and Science commissioned the Educational Research Centre to conduct a national assessment of the mathematics achievement of fourth-class pupils in primary schools. This assessment report suggested that "schools and teachers should place a greater emphasis on developing higher order mathematics processes including integrating and connecting, reasoning and analysing problems and evaluating solutions, in planning for and teaching mathematics" (Shiel and Kelly, 2001, p. 26). This research project was designed to gain an understanding of the strategies and processes fourth-class children apply in solving nonroutine mathematical word problems.