U.S.-Japan Cooperative Research: Cross-Cultural Study of    Students' Strategies and Difficulties in Mathematical       Problem Solving
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This award will enable groups of investigators under the direction              of Professor Jerry P. Becker of Southern Illinois University and                Professor Tatsuro Miwa of the University of Tsukuba, Japan to                   collaborate in a cross-cultural study of students' strategies and               difficulties in mathematical problem solving.  Researchers will                 videotape students in both countries as they solve selected                     non-routine problems with paper and pencil in an interview                      context.  The students' written work, interviewer/observer                      observations, and evaluation of the videotapes will provide data                for defining the degree of use and the roles of pattern-finding and             modelling in mathematical problem solving.                                                                                                                      The research to be carried out follows directly from the U.S.-Japan             Seminar on Mathematical Problem Solving held in July 1986 under the             auspices of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science Program.  Clarifying             strategies and difficulties of students in problem solving is                   indispensable in order to improve the teaching of mathematical                  problem solving.  The cross-cultural nature of this research will               be important in helping to define the various factors which                     influence a students' strategies and difficulties.
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