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Kurt Reusser
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 120
Citations - 3345
Kurt Reusser is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Word problem (mathematics education) & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 116 publications receiving 3069 citations. Previous affiliations of Kurt Reusser include University of Bern & University of Colorado Boulder.
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The role of understanding in solving word problems
TL;DR: The authors suggest that much of the difficulty children experience with word problems can be attributed to difficulty in comprehending abstract or ambiguous language, and they tested this hypothesis by (1) requiring children to recall problems either before or after solving them, (2) requiring them to generate final questions to incomplete word problems, and (3) modeling performance patterns using a computer simulation.
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Quality of geometry instruction and its short-term impact on students' understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem
Frank Lipowsky,Katrin Rakoczy,Christine Pauli,Barbara Drollinger-Vetter,Eckhard Klieme,Kurt Reusser +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how three basic dimensions of instructional quality impact the development of students' understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem and found that cognitive activation and a supportive climate moderate the relationship between mathematics-related interest and mathematics achievement.
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One lesson is all you need? Stability of instructional quality across lessons.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how three dimensions of instructional quality, classroom management, personal learning support, and cognitive activation of students, vary between the lessons of a specific teacher, and how many lessons per teacher are necessary to establish sufficiently reliable measures of these dimensions.
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Every word problem has a solution—The social rationality of mathematical modeling in schools
Kurt Reusser,Rita Stebler +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found that students easily solve stereotyped, even unsolvable, problems without any regard to the constraints of factual reality without evincing "realistic reactions" in the classroom.